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Classes to help you make disciples who multiply

Work through a class at your own pace. Each chapter pairs a short teaching video with notes you can read, revisit, and put into practice.

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Study the Bible, and Study It With Anyone — feed yourself, reach anyone, open it up

Study the Bible, and Study It With Anyone

A nine-module course that takes you from feeding yourself in the Word, to studying it with anyone, to helping a group open it together — discovery-first, reproducible, and warm.

9 chaptersThe Six Beliefs — What we believe about opening the Bible

The Six Beliefs

A self-paced walk through the six beliefs that hold up the disciple-making life — one belief at a time, with a short video and a truth to recite on every page.

8 chaptersWalking with Jesus — the beliefs and practices of a disciple who makes disciples

Walking with Jesus

Nine chapters on the beliefs and practices that hold a disciple's life together — for anyone weighing up Jesus, starting out with Him, or wanting to go deeper after years.

9 chaptersCover: Better Water — a testimony you can remember and say to anyone.

Better Water

A testimony you can actually remember, and say to anyone.

8 chaptersBuilding DBS Into Your Church's Education Program — re-engineer your program to reproduce disciple-makers

Building DBS Into Your Church's Education Program

A leader's course for re-engineering your education ministry to reproduce disciple-makers — the pipeline, the five levels, the scoreboard, and a phased rollout you can start this month.

8 chaptersCover: How to Do a Discovery Bible Study — one passage, three steps.

How to Do a Discovery Bible Study

Learn the whole Discovery Bible Study cycle one step at a time — then try it today. About 15 minutes, and anyone can lead.

8 chaptersCover: You Can Study the Bible — three moves, and you already know how.

You Can Study the Bible

For kids. Three moves, one short story, and by the end you can open the Bible and study it yourself — without a grown-up explaining it to you.

6 chaptersCover: Choosing & Designing Bible Study Plans — the passages set the direction.

Choosing & Designing Bible Study Plans

How to choose a proven Bible study plan — or design your own for a real person or group — for a Discovery Bible Study. Assumes you already know the DBS cycle.

10 chaptersCover: Go and Make — the command was never invite and watch.

Go and Make

The command was never “invite and watch.”

9 chaptersCover: Loving God Out Loud — personal, yes; private, never.

Loving God Out Loud

Personal, yes. Private, never.

8 chaptersCover: Reach Anyone with an Open Bible — the words, the passage, and the first name on your list.

Reach Anyone with an Open Bible

By the end you will have a name, a date, and the exact words to say.

10 chaptersCover: See Them the Way Jesus Did — understand them first, then cross over.

See Them the Way Jesus Did

Understand them first. Then cross over to where they are.

10 chaptersCover: Persons of Peace — lit windows across a town at dusk, the prepared already in ordinary houses.

Persons of Peace

God prepared someone before you got there. Learn to recognize them.

8 chaptersCover: Reaching a Stranger — a name, a number, and an open Bible.

Reaching a Stranger

Someone you have never met asked to learn how to study the Bible. Here is what to do with that.

9 chaptersCover: When They Believe — what to do the week everything changes.

When They Believe

You will know what to do the week everything changes.

8 chaptersCover: Serve, Then Ask — turning service into open Bibles.

Serve, Then Ask

One question, asked at the right moment, turns a meal into a Bible study.

9 chaptersCover: Praying for People You'll Never Meet — your prayer opens the door.

Praying for People You'll Never Meet

A stranger asked for prayer at a clinic, a concert, a community training. You will never know their name — and your prayer is what opens the door.

9 chaptersCover: Facilitate Without Teaching — the best ones are nearly invisible.

Facilitate Without Teaching

The best facilitators are nearly invisible. Here is how to become one.

9 chaptersCover: Who Shows Up — a lit doorway at dusk with people walking toward it.

Who Shows Up

Ten people come. Their motives are mixed. None of the sorting is your job.

10 chaptersCover: From Facilitator to Coach — leaders released, not groups led.

From Facilitator to Coach

Success is not groups led. It is leaders released.

9 chaptersCover: Groups That Start Groups — getting to the third generation.

Groups That Start Groups

Getting to the third generation — and knowing why most people stop at the first.

9 chaptersCover: Answering the Hard Questions — concede what's true, answer what isn't.

Answering the Hard Questions

Concede what's true, answer what isn't, and stop arguing.

10 chaptersCover: Planting a Church That Multiplies — start with groups, not a building.

Planting a Church That Multiplies

Don't build it and wait for them to come. Start groups, and let the church grow out of them.

10 chaptersCover: DBS Anywhere — change the setting, never the method.

DBS Anywhere

Change the setting. Never change the method.

10 chaptersCover: From Sleepy to Disciple-Making — change the congregation, not the calendar.

From Sleepy to Disciple-Making

Lead a congregation you already love from asleep to multiplying — over years, not in a campaign.

10 chaptersCover: Coming Alongside DBS Groups — two people in conversation at first light, on level ground.

Coming Alongside DBS Groups

Groups are multiplying near your church. The question is not whether to welcome them — it is when, and in what posture.

8 chaptersCover: The DNA of a Disciple-Maker — a ripe field at midday with nobody working it, furrows running to the horizon.

The DNA of a Disciple-Maker

God does not recruit workers. He grows them — and what He grows is character, not technique.

8 chapters

Your next step

Now go lead one

The courses taught you the cycle — the Bible study plans put it in your hands: passages in order, the four questions, printable sheets, and video. Free, in both languages.

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Your next step

Put the whole cycle to work

Identify, Equip and Connect — a cycle, not a funnel. The guide walks you through setting up all three, with a checklist for your situation: on your own, in a small group, across a church, or through a ministry.

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