Download or read book Ten Steps to Fruitful Discipleship written by Don Fanning and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that if all of those who supposedly have made a "decision" to follow or accept Christ had continued faithful to Him, would not be enough churches in the country to contain them all. What a difference the world would be if His followers had been discipled in the beginning of their Christian lives.For all the talk today about discipleship, this author has found remarkably few believers who have ever been discipled, much less know where to begin to disciple other new believers. This book was written to provide an economical, interactive tool for teaching the new believer what it means to become a follower of Jesus.These are the Ten Basic Steps of Discipleship that can be used in several ways, from a Ten lesson Adult Bible Study, Small Group study guide for discussions, or a personal tool for discipleship. One missionary used this tool for planting eight churches in South America (the Spanish version).The author is indebted to Gary Kuhn and his book, "Dynamics of Follow-Up," which gave the initial idea for the project (diagrams and basic concepts used with permission from Zondervan Publishing).Each step is to designed the new believer to interact with the Scriptures on key issues, then to dialogue with a discipler over the conclusions drawn from his study.The content is written in a semi-programmed instruction format, designed to get the student engaged in his own study and coming to conclusions about the Scripture. Blanks are left for the student to write out responses to the questions. The early lessons may require the aid of the discipler, but the program quickly builds confidence in the new believer's ability to personally discover truths from the Scripture. This confidence will become the building block of a lifetime of Bible discovery.All the Bible references called for within each lesson are printed on the bottom of each page, in case a Bible is not handy or a new believer is not accustomed to Bible reference searches. It is the author's prayer that this will be a life changing foundation in the Christian life.