Ordinary Disciples, Extraordinary Influence

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Aug 30

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Ordinary Disciples

Stories to Fuel a Life of Unshakable Faith

By Galen Burkholder & Brother Tefera

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What if following Jesus could be so much more than living a good, Christian life?

Ordinary Disciples, Extraordinary Influence is an invitation to respond to Jesus’ simple call: to step away from familiar ways, risk obedience, and follow him into a vibrant, faith-filled life as his disciple.

Global Disciples leaders Galen Burkholder and Brother Tefera share the fruit of their experience in equipping disciple-makers across the world. Drawing on biblical insights and the miraculous stories of ordinary disciples, this book reveals the simple components undergirding Global Disciples’ approach as they see over a thousand new believers coming to faith in Christ each week.

Whether you’re a stay-at-home parent, a student, pastor, or CEO, be inspired by stories of radical obedience to Christ and be equipped to live a life of unshakable faith and extraordinary influence in your everyday world.

ENDORSEMENTS

“A practical, accessible, biblical framework for making disciples and multiplying churches ... this is a must-read.”

STEVE MOORE, president, nexleader; past president and CEO of Missio Nexus; author of The Top 10 Leadership Conversations in the Bible

“Written with fresh inspiration from the Holy Spirit and gripping testimonies of ordinary disciples, this book offers practical steps ideal for personal or group reflection … for such a time as this.”

DR. MARY HO, international executive leader, All Nations International, Inc.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Galen Burkholder

Galen Burkholder is the founder and CEO of Global Disciples , which works to equip and train followers of Jesus, so that every person has an opportunity to hear the good news in a way they can understand and respond. Prior to launching Global Disciples in 1996, Galen worked in youth and young adult ministry, discipleship-mission training, and sending teams cross-culturally. Global Disciples now serves over 1,450 clusters of churches in sixty-two countries. They have helped launch more than 2,000 training programs, and in the past decade, these programs have seen over 400,000 new believers added to the kingdom, most of whom now worship in 18,000 fellowships, planted mainly among people least-reached with the gospel.

Brother Tefera

Brother Tefera grew up in Ethiopia, where he embraced atheism and chaired the Young Communists Party in high school, before coming to faith in Christ at university. His math degree earned him a teaching position in an unreached area of northern Ethiopia. While teaching high school math, he helped to plant twenty-seven new fellowships of believers in eleven years, and was imprisoned for his faith three times. For the last twelve years, Tefera has worked side by side with Galen Burkholder to lead Global Disciples , which works to equip and train followers of Jesus, so that every person has an opportunity to hear the Good News in a way they can understand and respond. With the Global Disciples team, they serve over 1,450 clusters of churches in sixty-two countries and have helped launch more than 2,000 training programs. In the past decade, these training programs have seen over 400,000 new believers added to the kingdom, most of whom now worship in 18,000 new fellowships, planted mainly among people least-reached with the gospel.