Materials

Intentional Disciplemaking

The Intentional Disciplemaking Church by Ron Bennett

• What impact is your church having on the culture in which it lives?
• How effective is your church in populating heaven?
• Are the lives of believers radically changed as a result of their encounter with Christ and your church?

A disciplemaking church significantly impacts the members and its environment. But disciples don't just happen because we have programs. They are developed through the intentional planning and effort of a community of believers--an intentional disciplemaking church.

This book helps church leaders understand the practical basis for becoming more focused on the biblical and historical mission of the church--to make disciples. This book is an easy read for any leader in the church who wants to see their ministry become focused on disciplemaking.

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HighQuest: Men on a Mission

Real men walking with a real God in a real world.

A quest is more than a trip or even a journey. A quest involves leaving without a plan to return. A quest involves drama, risk, and adventure resulting in life transformation. We never recover from a quest. Those who embark on a quest are never the same.

When Jesus said, "Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men," He was inviting men on the ultimate quest. Following Jesus involves leaving what is familiar, common, and routine in order to discover what is meaningful, significant, and lasting. There is nothing boring about following Christ. Adventure, drama, beauty, sacrifice, and hardship are all part of the high quest of following Christ for a lifetime.

The HighQuest series is designed to equip men to:

• Know Christ deeply
• Reflect Christ authentically
• Reproduce Christ intentionally

The HighQuest Series
Each unit of the HighQuest series is built around a life skill and a life issue.

Life Skills

• HighQuest I: An Appointment with God
• HighQuest II: Scripture memory with intentional mediation
• HighQuest III: Telling His story and dialoguing the gospel

Life Issues

• HighQuest I: Living from the truth of who God is and who I am in Christ
• HighQuest II: Living out a transformed life that is authentic and integrated
• HighQuest III: Living as a spiritual guide that is helping others find Christ

The HighQuest Forum is an enviroment where 3-4 men can meet for perspective, accountability and encouragement as they use the HighQuest material. The HQ Forum is built around four questions.

• Connection: Because we care, what do we need to know?
• Exploration: Because God's Word is true, what are you learning?
• Application: Because God's Word is relevant, what is He telling you to do?
• Intercession: Because God cares, how can we support you in prayer?

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HighQuest for Women

HighQuest I: Women of Distinction

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The parallel series for women is built around the same life skills and issues as the men but is packaged in an organic metaphor. The HighQuest series for women recognizes the uniqueness of how a woman approaches life and learning.

HighQuest I: Women of Distinction is currently being field tested and will be available early 2006.

HighQuest II: Women of Distinction is being developed and will be available summer of 2006.







Resource for new believers

Beginning the Walk by Ron and Mary Bennett

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Beginning the Walk is a practical three-book resource for new and growing believers that introduces the fundamental basics of a personal relationship with Christ.

Participants don't need an extensive church or religious background to get started. Full of valuable insights, each easy-to-understand lesson serves as the perfect foundation for building intentional discipleship and a solid commitment to Christ.

• The Way is the first study in the series. Its six lessons introduce the challenges likely to be encountered in a new and growing faith in Jesus Christ and to provide tools to overcome them. This study focuses primarily on Ephesians and Colossians, two letters in the Bible written by the apostle Paul for new believers.
  
  
• The Truth is the second study in the series. Its six lessons focus on various aspects of a believer's new identity in Christ. In this study, participants will discover their new identity in Christ through powerful word pictures derived from the Gospel of John.
  
  
• The Life is the third study focusing on the basic resources of a believer's new faith in Jesus Christ. The content includes lessons on faith, the Word, prayer, the Holy Spirit, grace, and community.

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Resource for Disciplemakers

The Adventure of Discipling Others by Ron Bennett and John Purvis

Jesus believed in the power of one. From the woman dawdling by the well to the tax collector dangling from a tree, Jesus called out and mentored the individual. He turned the beleaguered into the beautiful, the meager into the mighty, by pointing them to God and spotlighting their potential. He knew that one person could stir up the world and make a spiritual difference.

Just like Jesus, you can pour faith into believers, helping them grow spiritually and fulfill their unique niche in God's kingdom. With The Adventure of Discipling Others, anyone can mentor and love the process. In this handbook and Bible study you will learn:

• Why we are called to disciple believers
• What topics lay a Biblical foundation for new Christians?
• How to develop a discipling process that fits the needs of others.
• How power can be gained from the sharing of common experience

Working through this book, you will cultivate a passion for life-to-life discipling. You'll discover the amazing impact one life can have on another.

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Resource for Outreach

Opening the Door by Ron Bennett and Larry Glabe

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Introducing others to Christ in today's society is a challenging mission. In the past, merely inviting people to church was an effective way to get them interested in Christianity. But times have changed, and so should our evangelistic approach.

Opening the Door is a non-threatening, user-friendly workbook full of tips on preparation, being an effective facilitator, and engaging new seekers. It equips you to "dialogue the gospel" with interested seekers. Session planning is easy--just choose one of the twenty-one Discovery Guides. Each Discovery Guide is contained on a single page and includes a Scriptural passage from the gospel of Luke and eight relevant questions.

Other important features of Opening the Door:

• The Discovery Guides can be photocopied and used for each new person
• Since leaders and seekers explore the passages together, little preparation is needed
• Scriptural passages are readily available on worksheets so they don't have to be looked up in the Bible
• The flexible format allows you to select the passages that best fit your audience
• Discussions can be comleted in less than an hour at a home, office, or restaurant

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