More Endorsements... "As active members and leaders in our congregation for many years, Chris, his wife Rahnella and their delightful family have been a great, great blessing to the life of our church. As a part of the teaching team, Chris always presents such excellent material in a winsome way. "The Personal Disciplemaking Seminar is outstanding not only for the great care with which topics are treated, but especially for its unique 'need-oriented' approach to discipleship training. Rather than a purely linear, 'one size fits all' approach, Chris uses assessment tools which then allow a person to access the material at their particular point of need or stage of development." ~ Steve Overman - Senior Pastor, Eugene Faith Center; Divisional Superintendent - International Church of the Foursquare Gospel "Chris' driving motive in life is to help others discover the dynamic purpose of investing their lives in others. This video series brings life and substance to that motive." ~ Jay Wheeler - Christian Business Men's Committee Ministry Representative, Desert Southwest Region (Phoenix, Arizona) "Chris Adsit has produced what I believe to be the best biblically-based, systematic approach to discipleship training and equipping available today. He has a unique understanding of the dynamics and theology of disciplemaking and has managed to communicate that in a program that every pastor and lay-leader in the local church can grasp and apply easily. I have taught and used his materials in my classes on spiritual formation and discipleship with great success. Students find his strategies and materials helpful, easy to use and motivational. I believe his materials should be the core of every local church's equipping curriculum for discipleship training." ~ David Marston - Associate Professor and Acting Chairman of the Department of Church Ministries and Cross-cultural Studies; Executive Director of the Center for Youth Ministry, Liberty University (Lynchburg, Virginia) "I have been a user of the disciplemaking system developed by Chris Adsit for more than ten years. In my opinion, it is the most effective system for challenging people at their point of greatest need. Now that Chris has been able to put this material into a visual format, it has an even greater impact. No church that is serious about raising up disciples should be without this video series." ~ Rev. Samuel M. Talbert - Pastor of Bonita Valley Baptist Church (Chula Vista, California), Veteran Instructor for Walk Thru the Bible "The need-oriented disciplemaking system that Chris Adsit advocates is great! When his first book Personal Disciplemaking was published in 1988, many of us in the ministry in Spain began to use this great, personalized approach to disciplemaking. Today the need is even greater for a system like Chris has developed-a video format that can be used by anyone!" ~ Rev. Dennis Swick - United World Mission - Church planter, Seminary professor, Investigator and Researcher for DECISION in Madrid, Spain "This is the one I recommend-for making disciples, I mean. All the other methods fail to account for what a new recruit already knows. Chris' approach is thorough, comprehensive and complete, yet refreshingly simple. It's the most workable method for making disciples I have ever seen." ~ Jay Carty - Author, speaker, founder and director of Yes! Ministries (Santa Barbara, California) "Part of the Sports Ministry curriculum at San Jose Christian College includes teaching a course entitled 'Discipleship Through Sports Ministry'. We've chosen to use Personal Disciplemaking as one of our course texts primarily because it teaches a needs-assessed approach to disciplemaking as opposed to the linear or sequential style of disciplemaking, which assumes that every disciple begins at the same point. Our students have discovered a valuable way to identify the needs of a disciple and then to begin working with him or her at that particular point. We are very pleased with what the students are learning and how they are applying it, and plan to continue using Personal Disciplemaking." ~ Rodger Oswald - Executive Director of Church Sports International; Adjunct Professor of Sports Ministry, San Jose Christian College "Chris Adsit's disciplemaking system has been instrumental in my development as a disciple and as a disciplemaker. It has helped me to understand the importance of assessing the needs of my disciples, instead of just running them through a program. People are complex. Disciples cannot be mass-produced. This system helps to personalize the disciplemaking methods to the needs of the individual." ~ Thomas L. Rapp - Athletes in Action SportLINC Representative (Cincinnati, Ohio) "If you are sick and tired of 'playing games' with disciplemaking programs that don't really meet the needs of your students, take a hard look at this system and understand that it will equip you to evaluate their spiritual maturity, customize a specific program to meet their needs, and challenge them to higher levels of spiritual maturity. Finally we can get serious about disciplemaking!" ~ Ross Gunn III - College Pastor at Rolling Hills Community Church (Portland, Oregon) "In almost 2000 years, why hasn't somebody developed this system long before now? It not only clearly pictures the entire scope of disciplemaking from new believer to leader, but also identifies the individual steps of Christian growth couched in a personalized, one-on-one, needs-oriented approach. I gained insights here that never even occurred to me before, though I've been involved in disciplemaking for years. I'm thrilled to highly recommend this series, because I'm convinced it's going to revolutionize disciplemaking." ~ Heather Goodenough - Board Chairperson, Cannon Beach Conference Center (Cannon Beach, Oregon) "I have used the method of disciplemaking that I've learned from Chris Adsit in both university ministry and in the local church. I like it because it is adaptable to the person that I am discipling but also gives me tracks to run on as a pastor. It has helped me keep 'making disciples' as my main priority." ~ Mike Sutton - Pastor of Adult Ministries, Liberty Bible Church (Chesterton, Indiana) "As a staff representative for The Navigators, I have been successfully using Chris Adsit's Personal Disciplemaking program for the past ten years. I have found it to be very flexible, user-friendly, and a tremendous resource for the person who wants to help believers of all ages. I have used it successfully in countless 'man-to-man' appointments as well as a helpful Sunday school program. It is the most breathable and informative tool I have had the privilege of using in 25+ years of disciplemaking." ~ Tom Perkins - Navigator Staff Representative, Pensacola, Florida "Chris Adsit's disciplemaking system is the most comprehensive I've ever seen. I have chosen to use it because it has been compiled with Biblical integrity and it imparts vision for a lifetime of growth. I've found its principles applicable in a wide variety of environments. I've trained a number of Korean and Japanese pastors in its use, and they have taken the system back to their countries excited!" ~ Rev. Michael A. Buchanan - Athletes in Action, Hawaii; adjunct professor of Disciplemaking at International College and Graduate School (Honolulu, Hawaii) "Christopher Adsit's Discipleship series is the most comprehensive, practical toolkit I have found. He ties a number of resources together as well as what to say and do in actual discipling situations. I recommend it to every guy I work with." ~ David Wilson - Director of ROTC Ministries, Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas) "The thing I like about the Personal Disciple-making system of Chris Adsit is that it is not tied to any particular material, which makes it useable in any country where the Bible has been translated. It is very flexible and communicates to the discipler and the disciple that they are not just going through a program, but working together to help each become all that God wants them to be." ~ Bobby Parks - Campus Crusade for Christ Community Ministries Regional Director, Western Cape, South Africa "Discipleship training materials translated for use in the non-Western world almost always fail to speak to some crucial issues of following Christ in those cultures. The approach that Chris Adsit advocates-founded on assessing and addressing the believer's unique needs-provides both a Biblically-based model and a culturally-cued method for making disciples of ALL nations." ~ Mark Harlan - Academic Dean, Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan "Here is a step-by-step method of disciplemaking that both the beginner and the veteran can plug into and find help and encouragement to go on to maturity in Christ. Pastors will welcome this timely resource Chris Adsit developed from years of experience in discipling others. This series can be used with confidence, knowing that it is Biblically sound and practically proven. If you want a tool that challenges believers to live a balanced spiritual life and then pass on what they have learned to faithful men, this is what you have been looking for. ~ Wayne Feigal - Pastor, First Baptist Church, Vona, Colorado "If you are interested in an excellent training course on disciplemaking that is objective, transferable, and yet flexible enough to employ in a wide variety of cultures, this is the one for you! Chris has melded tried-and-true educational principles, extensive Biblical content and proven disciplemaking techniques to give us a system that will produce mature leaders from newborn believers and stagnant pew-sitters. It's not instant nor automatic, but working in concert with the Holy Spirit, Chris' system will create the environment to maximize spiritual growth." ~ Rev. Gabriel Malan - Director of Pretoria Seekers Initiative - a joint venture with the Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria, South Africa "Chris Adsit's teaching on disciplemaking is engaging, practical, and insightful. No matter what the starting point, he helps you chart a personalized course toward spiritual maturity." ~ Dave Bennett - Senior Pastor, Mountain Park Church (Lake Oswego, Oregon) "At the threshold of the new millennium, hundreds of Christian organizations are uniting to make a major effort to introduce millions of people to the Savior. It's a time of unprecedented harvest! But we must conserve the fruit of these efforts, and I feel Chris Adsit's Personal Disciplemaking Series will be greatly used by God to equip disciplemakers to help these new spiritual babies grow to maturity." ~ Lloyd Olson - Executive Director, Jesus Video Project "I read Chris' book Personal Disciplemaking for the first time six years ago at seminary. I immediately realized it was the most comprehensive, practical and Biblical method of disciplemaking that I had ever seen. Since that time I have practiced and preached it to everyone I disciple. I tell people that all they need for a lifetime of ministry is to develop a personal Bible study program, and to practice the system taught in Personal Disciplemaking. I know it provides me with a lifetime of ministry direction. ~ David Preston - Director of ROTC Ministries, The Military Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ "Many people have received Christ over the years, but only those who grow in their faith ever have a life-changing experience and truly impact the world. The discipleship content in this Personal Disciplemaking Seminar provides an extremely powerful way to help people to understand what is required to grow in their faith. I would highly recommend this as an outstanding training program, providing the kind of tools and visuals that will make it possible for people to grow rapidly in their faith." ~ David R. Hannah - Vice President, Campus Crusade for Christ; Executive Director, History's Handful "I have used Chris Adsit's material for ten years. Because of the way he developed his system, I have always felt confident that we are covering all the foundational principles of the Christian faith. Just think of it as sitting in a room with the top disciplers of our time and receiving nugget after nugget of sound, simple to understand truths from the Word of God. As well, Chris' discipleship tracking method (or the "Grid" as he calls it) guarantees that none of these important building blocks are overlooked." ~ Rev. John W. Rickenbacher - Young Life Area Director and Associate Pastor, Independent Bible Church (Port Angeles, Washington) "These are thrilling days. The gates of hell have been breached, and all around the world captives are simply streaming out. But too many languish near those gates never venturing much deeper into God's Kingdom to discover the treasures waiting for them there. And few indeed learn the joy of rescuing a few captives of their own. The answer is people, but people with tools. Powerful, flexible tools. Not a 'spiritual hammer', but a multi-purpose 'leatherman' that can adapt to fit the need. Adsit's need-oriented system is a turbo-charged spiritual leatherman." ~ Jay Randall - Director, Caspian Project, Baku, Azerbaijan "Through the years of working with University students, one of the most exciting aspects of ministry for me is to see students understand God's call to disciple others. This excitement to disciple is often quenched by the question, 'Now, how do I do this?' The need-oriented disciplemaking system that Chris Adsit has developed provides just the framework to move forward in a true discipleship relationship. It gives the freedom to go with your heart, and the structure to take the next step in entrusting to faithful men and women all that we have heard from the Master Discipler, Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 2:2)." ~ Steve Ellisen - Campus Crusade for Christ, Campus Director at the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
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