Discipleship Essentials Expanded Edition edition

by Greg Ogden

Paperback

Published January 1, 2007

About the author

Gregory J. Ogden (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) lives out his passion of speaking, teaching, and writing about the disciple-making mission of the church after spending twenty-four years in pastoral ministry. Most recently Greg served as executive pastor of discipleship at Christ Church of Oak Brook in the Chicago western suburbs. From 1998-2002, Greg held the position of director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary and associate professor of lay equipping and discipleship.

Greg is the author of several books such as Unfinished Business, Discipleship Essentials, Transforming Discipleship, Leadership Essentials(with coauthor Daniel Meyer), and The Essential Commandment. He is a partner in the Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI), which trains, coaches, and inspires pastors and Christian leaders to establish indigenous, multiplying, disciplemaking networks, both nationally and internationally. Greg and his wife, Lily, have been married more than forty-five years and have one adult daughter and two grandchildren.

Reviews

[Bojan Ostojić · Rating 3 out of 5]

99% of this book is great. It covers basic areas of christian teaching and growth in a very eloquent way. It provides a great overview. I 100% agree with how discipleship is conceptualized. I also agree on how the book suggests it should be done in practice. But I would never again use this book in a small group discipleship process. Lessons are too long and time consuming yet they focus almost exclusively on knowledge and understanding. This is a great text book, very similar to the one we had in school (mind that I was educated in the post socialist system of education). But it is far from being a good discipleship tool or small group material. There are no accountability items, no reflection on progress and set backs, this is a tool to aid information and not transformation. I was misled by my expectations but I think this book also portrays itself as something it is not. Again, the content itself is great.