If you want to group in the area of discipleship, there are many great resources out there to help you improve. I have compiled the 10 best free discipleship materials to help you as you disciples others.
What are examples of free discipleship materials?
- Bethany Global University Enrichment Courses
- Grace Bible Church Discipleship Resources
- Discovery Bible Study App
Below are 10 quality resources available to you for free.
1. Bethany Global University Enrichment Courses
Bethany Global University is a university that is dedicated to sending missionaries to take the Church to where it is not.
BGU offers free enrichment courses to help you grow in your faith as well as your understanding of missions.
These free enrichment courses include courses on topics such as discipleship, sharing the gospel, preparing a sermon, prayer, missions trips, and more.
Each course is taught by knowledgeable leaders in each area, all courses are online and free for your benefit in your walk with Christ.
If you are looking for an educational course to help with your relationship with Christ as well as discipling others, BGU’s enrichment courses will be a good fit for you.
You can find BGU’s enrichment courses here.
2. Kathy Howard Discipleship Resources
Kathy Howard, an author, and Christian speaker has put together Christian materials on discipleship that are free.
Through her many years of writing and growing in her relationship with Christ, she has much wisdom to offer.
Some of the resources on her page include Bible studies, reading plans, prayer and discipleship tools, as well as tools for scripture memorization.
You can find Bible studies for your family and friends, as well as tips for having quiet time and reading the Bible. These many tools will help build your relationship with Christ as well as help those around you grow as well.
You can find and utilize Kathy Howard’s free discipleship resources here.
3. Grace Bible Church Discipleship Resources
Grace Church has put together free discipleship resources to help those who want to disciple others in a small group.
They hope these materials will get used to help grow the church by showing others what it means to be a follower of Christ while also building relationships.
Eight free lessons include resources such as workbook pages, memory verse cards, and other helpful material.
These lessons are put together and written mainly by Pastor Errol Hale.
Grace Bible Church’s Discipleship Resources can be found here.
4. Discovery Bible Study App
The Discovery Bible study app is an app downloadable on iPhones and androids that has the Bible as well as other resources and guides.
This app is accessible to many as it is currently in eleven languages and also can be accessed online.
This app and website are very helpful to your walk with Christ as well as discipling those around you. They utilize the DBS method or discovery bible study.
A discovery bible study is when after reading a passage you go through certain questions with a group of people to help understand the passage deeper and discover how you can apply it to your life.
DBS is a perfect opportunity to grow in your knowledge of God’s word with others and actively learn how to live it out.
To visit the free Discovery Bible Study App website visit here.
5. Discipleship Library
The Discipleship Library is a website that houses thousands of sermons. This website is free and offers sermons and lessons on a multitude of important topics in our walk with Christ.
All of the resources on this website are downloadable so you can use and share them wherever you are.
This website has lessons and Bible studies from the past sixty-years from many notable pastors and Christian speakers. You will be able to scroll through their extensive library and hear a Bible study or sermon on a wide variety of topics.
You can visit the Discipleship Library here.
6. Multiply Movement
The Multiply Movement is all about making and equipping disciples to reach others with the gospel.
They offer free material on discipleship that is best used in groups to grow in their walk with Christ and within the Christian community.
On their website, they offer 24 video lessons, as well as a downloadable book called “Multiply” by Mark Beuving and Francis Chan.
Each video comes with readings, questions, and challenges.
These resources written by well-known Christian authors will help you as you disciple others and grow in your walk with Christ.
You can visit their website Multiply Movement to access their free resources.
7. Impact Disciples
Impact Disciples is a website full of Christian resources for disciple-making.
After Pastor Ken Adams discovered a lack of good disciple-making resources available, he developed his own and made them available online.
While today they do more than just offer discipleship resources, they still have many free e-books that aim to help you grow in your walk with Christ and train you to disciple others to do the same,
Some of the free e-books include titles like “Are You Making Disciples?” “The Disciple Making Challenge,” “Disciple? The Seven Marks of a Disciple,” and more.
To access these free e-books on the Impact Disciples website, click here.
8. Discipleship.org
Discipleship.org is a website that aims to help those who want to disciple others.
Their website offers free e-books, as well as blogs and podcasts on discipleship. Some of these books include “The Foundation of a Disciple-Making Culture,” “Invest in a Few,” “Leaving a Legacy,” and more.
Their podcast “The Disciple Maker’s Podcast” also dives deep into topics relevant today and impactful on what it means for us today to be disciple-makers.
This website and the content on the website are put together by notable authors and other well-grounded Christians aiming to help others carry out the great commission and make disciples.
You can find some of Discipleship.org’s free resources here.
9. Real Life Resources
Real Life Resources are put together by Jim Putman pastor of Real Life Ministries. He has put together resources to help Christians through their spiritual walk, especially as they grow in Christ and disciple others.
There are many resources on Jim Putman’s sight, but most specifically there are many for discipleship. He offers a bible study as well as a sermon series on discipleship and disciple-makers handbook.
These free resources will help you grow in your faith and help you to teach others to do the same.
You can access these resources from Jim Putman here.
10. Replicate Ministries
Replicate Ministries aims to help Churches, small groups, and other Christian communities make an impact in the world through disciple-making.
They offer many resources, including many that are free, to help those who want to help make disciples. They offer podcasts, blogs, and reading plan resources for free.
Some of these podcasts cover subjects such as disciple-making, leading, discipling women, and more.
They also have free reading plans that you can implement in your own life and in the community with those around you.
You can these resources at Replicate Ministries website here.
These resources contain an abundance of knowledge that will hopefully advise and guide you as you grow in your relationship with God and help disciple others.