Robby Gallaty - Growing Up: How to Be a Disciple Who Makes Disciples

A community of disciples - believers who are being nurtured by the whole counsel of Gods Word, sanctified by truth, learning, growing, following and not alone when temptation, trials and testing come! This is the body life of the church, and Robby gives us practical, practiced how tos. Ive had the wonderful privilege of sitting under the teaching of this man, and participating in a conference on discipleship at his church. What absolutely thrilled my heart was to see all the people there, to hear their stories, and observe their lives. They were Growing Up. I thought, This is the way it should be and it happened because Robby is intentional about making disciples who will make disciples.

Kay Arthur

Co-Founder Precept Ministries International

Author of Being A Disciple, Counting the Cost and 40 Minute Bible Study Series

Invigorating! What makes the book so refreshing is the authors own experience of discipleship. He writes as a practitioner, not a theoretician. More to the point, he spreads the joy around, leading his people to become a reproducing disciple making church. May his tribe increase.

Dr. Robert E. Coleman

Author of The Master Plan of Evangelism and The Master Plan of Discipleship

This is not just another book on discipleship. Nor, is it theoretical discipleship. Dr. Gallaty touches all the bases in a practical book for an effective church discipleship ministry. His concept of D-Groups just may lead large numbers of churches to effective discipleship. Read it. Follow it. The result will be more disciples of our Lord Jesus.

Dr. Jerry Vines

Pastor-Emeritus, First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida

Two-time President, Southern Baptist Convention

President, Jerry Vines Ministries, Inc.

Growing Up is one further and needed contribution to the rising chorus within Christian leadership that we need to return the biblical imperative for the mission of the church, which is to make disciples of Jesus! Robby Gallaty roots this call to discipleship in his own authentic story of redemption and transformation. This authenticates his work. Then he has done us all a service by putting the training wheels on discipleship. What many of us lack are wheels and a track to run on for what a disciple looks like and how disciples are made in the context of the local church. In Growing Up you have one-stop shopping to grow a disciple-making church.

Dr. Greg Ogden

Author of Discipleship Essentials and Transforming Discipleship.

I love Robby Gallatys passion for and focus on discipleship. He has taken Christs commission to make disciples as seriously as it was given. His commitment to teaching everyone to do all the things Jesus said is in evidence everyday in the church he pastors. Now he brings specificity to this passion in Growing Up. I very much like its powerful logic and practical applications. Reproduction and multiplication are products of good teaching and clarity. Dr. Gallaty gives a person all they need in this volume to get going on what is on Gods heart.

Bill Hull

Author of Jesus Christ Disciple Maker ,

The Disciple Making Pastor, and The Disciple Making Church

Christ did not come to make Christians; He came to make disciples. Discipleship is not one of the churchs various ministries. It is not something that the paid staff do. Discipleship is who we as the church are at our very core. Robby lives what he preaches and I appreciate him calling us into a more Biblical approach to evangelism.

J.D. Greear, Ph.D.

Lead Pastor, The Summit Church

Author, Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart and Gospel

Scientists and theologians agree: everything that is alive grows and reproduces. How is it, then, that so many Christians are not growing and not reproducing spiritually? Robby Gallaty makes a strong case that the two are mutually dependent - those who grow reproduce, and those who reproduce grow. This is not just a book - its a field manual that will help equip readers to produce growing reproducers, and thereby grow Christs church.

Chris Adsit

Executive Director, Disciplemakers International

Author of Personal Disciplemaking

Heres a question that will cause a riot in your mind: How does a thieving, drug dealing, pill-popping addict become a pastor of a thriving church? To find out you have to read Robbys book. Ok, heres a hint: he met Jesus. Jesus thoroughly ravaged his heart with grace. Then he was discipled by David Platt! This book is about discipleship. You are going to love it!

Derwin L. Gray

Lead Pastor of Transformation Church

Author of Limitless Life: You Are More Than Your Past When God Holds Your Future

Robby Gallaty knows how hard it is to lead disciples to maturity. This book is power-packed with practical wisdom and guidance. You will feel energized and empowered to pour your life out with purpose into others. Read this book, and buy several extra copies for those you will disciple after reading it!

Dr. Russell D. Moore

President

Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

Southern Baptist Convention

GROWING UP provides the tools and biblical wisdom necessary to make disciples and change lives for those serious about fulfilling the Great Commission. Its words do not dispense mere theory, but rather offer the actual process used to transform both Robbys life and those in the church he leads. Readers will find a refreshing perspective useful in intimate settings, small groups, and in building a high-impact congregation.

Dr. John Ankerberg

President and host of The John Ankerberg Show

The Lord has called His people to make disciples who make disciples, thus Growing Up is timely and passionate. I found the book challenging, helpful, practical, and encouraging.

Eric Geiger

Vice President LifeWay Christian Resources

Author of Simple Church and Transformational Discipleship

I am so thankful for my friend Robby Gallaty and the work that he has poured into this book on discipleship. As a church planter one of the great challenges that I face with my younger church family is in the area of spiritual maturity. Growing Up is going to be an incredible resource for our church as we seek to grow C.L.O.S.E.R. to the Lord. Because of Robbys writing perspective that flows from his unique journey from the streets of New Orleans to pastoring thousands in Chattanooga, every person will be blessed by this incredible work.

Rob Wilton

Lead Pastor, Vintage Church, New Orleans, LA

Throughout this helpful resource, Robby Gallaty reminds you that the gospel came to you because it was heading to someone else. Robby speaks and writes as one who has been heavily invested in as a disciple of Jesus Christ as well as one who has invested in others as a disciple-making disciple of Jesus Christ. As a pastor and practitioner, Robby has given the church a reliable guide to foster a disciple-making culture that takes seriously the Great Commission of our Lord. Read, heed, and lead others to grow up in Christ and continue the mission entrusted to us!

Tim Brister

Founder of the PLNTD Network

Pastor of Grace Baptist Church

Robby Gallaty is passionate about making disciples. So was Jesus. In GROWING UP: How To Be A Disciple Who Makes Disciples, Robby opens up for us a tool box full of important spiritual disciplines and explains how to use each one. I encourage you to gather a small group of like minded folks and walk through this book together. Its a great way to way to expose yourself (and begin to master) the spiritual disciplines that Jesus uses to make us more like him.

Larry Osborne

Author of Accidental Pharisees and Sticky Teams

Pastor of North Coast Church, Vista, CA

It all begins with the faith from personally hearing and continues as the same Word that introduced faith grows us into His likeness. Robby starts with activity in his life and takes us to see how one becomes a difference maker.