1-2-1 Discipleship

I first read Christine's book in 2009 when it was first printed and recently had cause to read it again. I was reminded how Christine can write so simply and clearly yet behind it is a wealth of experience and wisdom. I definitely recommend it as a book you will keep going back to!

There are few books out there available on how to invite a friend to start a Bible reading prayerful relationship, for the purposes of building one another up to Christian maturity, and few of us are actually doing it. Yet, that's the privilege and responsibility that Jesus has entrusted to us, when he tells us to """"Go, make disciples of all nations. . . and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you"""". I found this little book accessible, biblical and practical; it gave me more confidence to reach out to friends to begin Bible-and-prayer-oriented relationships, and understand better how they should work.

This book has one-to-one and discipleship in its name but it makes it clear that the goal of meeting one-to-one is to help people grow as disciples (that is, followers) of Jesus. One-to-one is a tool to help us, not an end in itself. \\r\\n\\r\\nThis book is both challenging and practical. The ideas are supported from the Bible and illustrated with stories from the author's experience discipling women in Australia and Taiwan. There are also questions to help think through the different ideas. \\r\\n\\r\\nWhile a couple of chapters are spent on how to read the Bible together there are also chapters on how to teach different disciplines of the Christian life such as praying, evangelism, personal Bible study and other skills. There are also some very helpful chapters in how to identify and address some of the issues that prevent us from growing as Christians. \\r\\n\\r\\nI found that the author's cross-cultural perspective (evangelising and discipling in Taiwan) was very helpful for reflecting on how we help people grow and mature in our church setting. \\r\\n\\r\\nA few books have come out quite recently about one-to-one Bible reading but I strongly recommend this book, particularly if you have been meeting one-to-one for a while and it's feeling routine or aimless. This book will equip you, to better equip others, for a life of following and serving Jesus.

This is a wonderfully straightforward and practical book designed to help each of us rise to the challenge of discipling others - a task that is too often left to church leaders, so called experts, and keenies only. It helps remove any """"fear factor"""" or sense of being too daunted to get involved in discipling others by providing clear guidelines on the """"how to"""" of discipleship. For example Christine offers advice on how to encourage someone in prayer and personal Bible Study, on where and when and even who to disciple, leaving the reader with no excuses about being unsure of what to do to disciple another person. \\r\\nThis book helpfully reminds us that as Christians we all have a responsibility to disciple others, to take the opportunities that God provides, and not to shy from the task for fear of not being good enough. Christine encourages her readers to have confidence as we disciple others because God's word and His Spirit are powerful and can change lives. \\r\\nAnd of course as we get involved in discipleship so we find our own faith stretched, challenged and deepened. \\r\\nThis book is Biblical, easy to read, extremely practical, and has useful questions for reflection at the end of each chapter. A great read - enough to get your teeth into if you've been involved in discipling others already, but not overwhelming if you're thinking of taking up the challenge of discipling others and need some help. I strongly recommend it- well worth the few hours it…