The research-based app is designed to inspire and equip believers to grow in Christ and help others do the same.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., (October 28, 2025): The Navigators, a 92-year-old worldwide disciplemaking ministry, has recently released the Navigators Discipleship App: a free, research-based resource providing timely content curated to equip individuals seeking “to know Christ, make Him known, and help others do the same.” The app’s intuitive design allows people to leverage this tool at their own pace and by their preferred topic, using a successful Navigator discipleship framework, The Five Traits of a Disciplemaker, as a roadmap for spiritual growth .
“For nearly a century, The Navigators has been committed to a shared mission of relational, Life-to-Life® disciplemaking—both as practitioners and as those who equip others in the Great Commission,” said Marvin Campbell, president of The U.S. Navigators. “Our Navigators Discipleship app helps Christians live out that mission in a society hungry for authenticity, community, and practical models of discipleship.”
After guiding users through a self-assessment of current strength and growth areas, the app provides a personalized plan to help them grow in their walk with God. Throughout the plan, users are encouraged to apply and share what they’ve learned, so that their relationship with Jesus develops in community with others. With this new digital tool, The Navigators aims to address a felt need expressed by everyday Christians who want to share the gospel with people in their network, but feel intimidated by the idea of “disciplemaking.”
The app was informed by research conducted by The Navigators in partnership with the Barna Group, which is detailed in two companion publications: Growing Together and How to Save the World: Disciplemaking Made Simple. According to this research, the top five obstacles keeping believers from offering discipleship to friends or family relate to a lack of confidence they will do it well. “One of the primary ways an app can earn its way onto our phones is by simplifying something important to us that usually feels difficult,” said The Navigators Vice President of Marketing, Amanda Trautmann. “We’re thrilled that early users have confirmed our app is making it much easier to grow in Christ themselves and bring friends they care about on the journey with them, wherever they’re starting from.”
Learn more about the Navigators Discipleship App by visiting https://www.navigators.org/discipleship-app/.
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About The U.S. Navigators
The Navigators is a ministry that shares the gospel of Jesus and helps people grow in their relationship with Him through Life-to-Life® discipleship, creating spiritual generations of believers. Since its founding in 1933, The Navigators has upheld the mission “to know Christ, make Him known, and help others do the same®.” Our Worldwide Partnership includes around 6,000 staff of 85 nationalities, serving in 123 countries. Navigators encourage spiritual growth across life stages, serving wherever people work, live, worship, and play: on college campuses and military bases as well as in urban neighborhoods, workplaces, churches, local communities, and hard-to-reach places. To learn more, visit www.navigators.org.
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October 28, 2025
Contact: Chris Muller, Senior Vice President, Ministry Engagement, (719) 594-2269, chris.muller@navigators.org
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