Books and Resources
What You Do Shows Who You Are: The 6 Marks of a Disciple of Jesus
With a deep heart to see the completion of the Great Commission, Mike Falkenstine believes the first step to Great Commission fulfillment is churches full of people who are in love with Jesus, and who want to know Him better and become more like Him! These Christians, whom we would call disciples of Jesus, can’t help but share what He has done in their lives and they want to tell anyone who will listen.
In this volume, What You Do Shows Who You Are: The 6 Marks of a Disciple of Jesus, Falkenstine walks you through 6 Key Marks of a disciple of Jesus and give you guidance along the way to grow in your walk with Jesus. With 8 discussion questions per chapter, Help Resources and a Leader’s Guide, this book is ideal for small group or Sunday School group study. Get a copy for each member of your small group today!
In this book, you’ll learn:
· How to diagnose where you’re doing well in your relationship with Jesus and where you need help
· How to share your testimony and a simple Gospel presentation as a part of being a disciple of Jesus
· How important it is to have other brothers and sisters in Christ walking together with you in your journey with Christ. You’ll have opportunity to put this into practice as you engage in vigorous discussion about each chapter.
This book is available on Amazon.com
Keeping Watch Over Souls: The 6 Marks of a Church that Makes Disciples
With a deep heart to see the completion of the Great Commission and with the strong belief that the first step toward Great Commission fulfillment is churches full of fully devoted disciples of Jesus, Mike Falkenstine has written this new volume to help churches become disciple-making churches. Becoming a church that makes disciples requires focus and dedication to the Biblical commands elders and church leaders are given scripturally and a deep commitment to prioritize and make ‘first things first.’
In his new book, Keeping Watch Over Souls: The Six Marks of a Church that Makes Disciples, Falkenstine walks you through Six Key Marks of a church that makes disciples and gives elders and church leadership teams practical ‘how to’ content to help you lead your church toward being great at being disciples of Jesus and making disciples of Jesus. With four discussion questions per chapter, you can get your leadership and elder teams talking, discussing and planning toward being great at making disciples of Jesus within your congregation. Get a copy for each member of your elder and leadership teams today!
In this book, you’ll learn:
· As an elder or senior leader, you’ll see how the Biblical commands of an elder shape your leadership of your church
· How to dive deep into the gears that will turn your church from ‘somewhat good’ to ‘excellent’ at making disciples in your congregation
· Practical ‘how to’ steps on completion and success in each of the Six Marks of a church that is great at making disciples of Jesus
Available to purchase for your whole elder board on Amazon.com!
The Chinese Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together for a deeper Understanding of China and her church
I want to help you understand China and her Church. There is much confusion and many questions persist: Does persecution exist? Can Christians in China worship freely? Is it still necessary to smuggle Bibles? Being outside of China, how can I most effectively pray for and engage in God’s work in China? How do the Chinese view life? Many people are confused by these questions and issues. China is like a huge puzzle, with many pieces and moving parts; it’s hard to identify all that is happening today in China. There are some people are trying to describe the whole picture, when all they really have are two or three pieces of a 500-piece puzzle. In the book, The Chinese Puzzle, I’ll give you the other pieces for a much clearer picture of China and her Church.
The 2nd Edition of The Chinese Puzzle is available on Amazon.com. In 2020, I’ll be releasing the Third edition of this book! Stay tuned!
Resources
Many of you have heard me talk that the Great Commission is a command that Jesus gave to all Christians and now you’re asking ‘What’s Next?’ In this section of my website, I’ll begin to list resources that will help you, whether you’re looking to read more, to take a course on the Great Commission, or begin to investigate Missionary Sending Agencies to serve with overseas. If you find or know of a great resource that should be on this list, please don’t hesitate to let me know!
Great Great Commission Websites
The Perspectives Course: The absolute best course you can take to learn what God is doing around the world and how you can be involved!
If you’ve never heard of this course, may I highly recommend the Perspectives course. From their website:
Why Perspectives Course? God has a “world-sized” role for every Christian in His global purpose.Whether people go to distant countries or stay at home is a secondary issue. The primary issue is what most people are hungry to discover: vision to live a life of purpose. Discovering that vision makes this course valuable, and perhaps crucial, for any Christian.
What is the Perspectives Course?
Perspectives is a fifteen week course designed around four vantage points or “perspectives” — Biblical, Historical, Cultural and Strategic. Each one highlights different aspects of God’s global purpose.
The Biblical and Historical sections reveal why our confidence is based on the historic fact of God’s relentless work from the dawn of history until this day.
The Cultural and Strategic sections underscore that we are in the midst of a costly, but very “do-able” task, confirming the Biblical and Historical hope.
Great Great Commission Articles
I’ll be posting here things I find online to help you move toward the Great Commission:
Chuck Lawless’ article ‘Becoming a Great Commission Church‘ Highly recommended reading. A church leader could easily take this article and use it as a guide to move your church closer toward Great Commission involvement