Throughout Christian history and in the church today, the Holy Spirit is a topic littered with misconceptions, controversies and concerns. However, the Spirit is also the true Source of our conversion, transformation, growth and power for living and sharing our faith.

Drawing on Jesus’ key teachings and example, this book suggests a simple, reproducible approach to sharing faith in a multi-faith world. It seeks to demystify evangelism, putting it within reach of every believer.

If you have never read these stories or know little about Jesus, it’s worth finding out about Him – and we think you will be inspired and maybe surprised. If you heard or read the stories many years ago, we think the stories are worth coming back to and reading for fresh understanding. If you already consider yourself a follower of Jesus, there is always more to discover.

This book contains some of the earliest primary sources telling the stories of Jesus, His life, His teaching and His first followers, but it also outlines a creative and personal way of reading these stories and discovering Jesus for yourself.

Re-reading the pastoral letters of Paul—written to the respective churches within the first 10 years of their planting—offers valuable insights into the focus, energy and methods of Paul and his ministry teams.

After almost 2000 years of Christian history, we don’t get to start again, but we are called to write our next chapter in the story of Following Jesus and making disciples.

You are invited, called and commissioned. Go deep with these 50 studies from the ministry of Jesus, discover the progression of His disciple-making, and hear again the Voice who still calls people to “Follow Me” as part of a movement that continues to change lives around our world.

This conversation guide is designed to equip you and your team to make new disciples who can, in turn, make more new disciples. Making new disciples is the foundation for planting ‘church after church’— churches that multiply. This is what the early disciples and apostles did. In new cities and districts, Paul multiplied disciples and then planted multiplying churches. His two years and three months in Ephesus resulted in churches multiplying across what is Turkey today—and ‘all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the Word of the Lord’ (Acts 19:10).

Jesus began His ministry making disciples. Before He ascended He commanded: ‘Go and make disciples of all nations.’ (Matthew 28:19)1 This is our commission. On the evening of His resurrection, He said: ‘As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.’ (John 20:21)
The starting point for church planting is disciple-making—making new disciples who multiply. A new church plant is a gathering of new disciples.
• The gospels tell of Jesus’ multiplying disciple-making—His model, teaching and commission. He is our example—and the gospels are our manual.
• Acts tells of the early believers following Jesus—and then gathering new disciples into multiplying
church-planting churches. Acts is our manual for church-planting.

This conversation guide is designed to equip you and your team to make new disciples who can, in turn, make more new disciples. Making new disciples is the foundation for planting ‘church after church’— churches that multiply. This is what the early disciples and apostles did. In new cities and districts, Paul multiplied disciples and then planted multiplying churches. His two years and three months in Ephesus resulted in churches multiplying across what is Turkey today—and ‘all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the Word of the Lord’ (Acts 19:10).

The closing of church buildings has not suddenly given you more time and space to relax with family, read the books waiting on your desk, explore the offerings of YouTube or finish your post-graduate study. No, it has been just the opposite.

Your church is now scattered to multiple households. Your task has just become incredibly complex.