Making Disciples: One Conversion at a Time

By D. Michael Henderson

Book Overview

Jesus trained a handful of ordinary people to follow Him as He established God's kingdom on earth. His primary training method was intimate, personal conversations on a friend-to-friend basis. As they walked along, in the daily routines of life, He taught them the practical principles of the Kingdom. He then commissioned them to go and make disciples of all nations by teaching others what they had learned.He still calls believers today to accept this 'great commission', but at times it seems that the work of discipleship is more about public proclamation than personal relationships and conversation. Churches today house hundreds of believers, but few true disciples. Making disciples is more than witnessing to nonbelievers. It is about building authentic relationships with our Christian friends and helping each other follow Jesus one discussion, one conversation, one heart-to-heart talk at a time. Making Disciples-One Conversation at a Time discusses the importance of having redemptive conversations and demonstrates how to turn our meaningless chatter into a means of grace, helping our friends become all God intends them to be and enriching their lives and ours in the process. Author Michael Henderson explains how practicing the disciplines of attentive listening, appropriate questioning, Scripture application, and praying with our friends will allow us to not only fulfill Christ's request to make disciples, but also follow His commandment to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and your neighbor as yourself.Making Disciples-One Conversation at a Time challenges us to examine how we use our words and presents ways to bring Christ into the conversations of our everyday lives to give those around us a better

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0834123002
• ISBN13: 9780834123007
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

How to Grow a Healthy Relationship

Michael Henderson has written an excellent book about making disciples. If you have a strong personal or professional interest in that topic, you'll find this book practical, well-written, and immediately useful. Yet the principles Henderson explains here have many other applications as well. This is a book about about learning to put others first, learning to listen reflectively, learning to become more intentional in all aspects of your life. As such these principles are about personal and professional maturity -- the pathway to becoming a better person. Here's essential help for anyone who wants to become a better friend, spouse, parent or colleague. Of special interest to some readers will be Chapter 6 "John Wesley's Close Conversations" and Chapter 4 "Four Elements of an Effective Conversation." Henderson has given us a valuable gift: Here's how to be strategic and intentional in your daily life, so that your example and your values bear fruit in the lives of those around you. Dr. David Frisbie The Center for Marriage & Family Studies Author of "The Soul-Mate Marriage: The Spiritual Journey of Becoming One"

Excellent Book

Mike has touched on something that is lacking in the church in the U.S. This book has its thumb on the pulse of our chief assignment as Christians. A must read for those desiring personal spiritual growth as a follower of Christ.

Excellent book!

D. Michael Henderson has written an excellent book encouraging Christians to enter into meaningful relationships with other believers, for mutual growth in the faith.