Jim Putman - DiscipleShift: Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples

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DiscipleShift

Copyright 2013 by Jim Putman and Bob Harrington

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EPub Edition FEBRUARY 2013 ISBN : 978-0-310-49263-4

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Putnam, Jim, 1966.

DiscipleShift : five steps that help your church to make disciples who make disciples / Jim Putman and Bobby Harrington with Robert Coleman.

pages cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-236).

ISBN 978 0 310 49262 7 (softcover)

1. Discipling (Christianity) I. Harrington, Bobby, 1958- II. Coleman, Robert

Emerson, 1928 III. Title. IV. Title: Disciple shift.
BV4520.P875 2013

253dc23

2012043590

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To my parents, Bill and Bobbie, and my wife and children

Jim

To my good friend David Sanders, and my wife and children

Bobby

Jim Putman and Bobby Harrington not only will remind you of the importance of the Great Commission but also will spur you on to make lasting change in your ministry. If you want to realign the values of your church so that discipleship is at the core, read this book.

Greg Surratt, Lead Pastor, Seacoast Church; author, Ir-Rev-Rend

This book is good stuff. Bobby and Jim have long believed that the effectiveness of the churchs mission depends largely on its capacity to make disciples. In DiscipleShift they say why they think that this is the case as well as show us how to make the shift. I recommend this book to everyone seeking to make discipleship a big deal in the local church.

Alan Hirsch, founder, Forge Mission Training Network

DiscipleShift is an incredible and practical resource for everyone serious about helping people follow Jesus. Jim and Bobby have generously shared what theyve learned from their combined total of more than fifty years of ministry both in planting churches and leading thriving ones. Im thrilled to see them share their experience in the area of discipleship. Leaders everywhere will do well to heed their advice.

Jud Wilhite, Senior Pastor, Central Christian Church

DiscipleShift brilliantly lays out the five shifts every church must make to develop more and better disciples of Jesus. Jim Putman has led Real Life Church to make these shifts and with great authenticity tell us how. If you are interested in disciple-making, this book is for you.

Dave Ferguson, Lead Pastor, Community Christian Church

Without discarding the church as it is, this book casts a beautiful vision for the church as it can be. Every church leader can grab hold of this vision and take their church through a disciple shift.

Dave Stone, Pastor, Southeast Christian

It seems everyone in church leadership is talking about making disciples. Jim Putnam and Bobby Harrington are actually doing it. They have teamed up with the foremost champion of discipleship, Robert E. Coleman, who has dedicated his life to making disciple-makers. The authors provide the church with a gift of a biblically robust and well-researched explanation of making disciples, coupled with practical implications that can be applied in any church passionate about making disciple-makers.

Scott Thomas, Pastor of Ministry Development, The Journey; author, Gospel Coach