First Steps for New Christians: Establishing Biblical Direction for New Christians

by Paul Chappell

Completely rewritten and redesigned to replace Bible Truth for New Believers, First Steps is a 100 page, paperback booklet for immediate entry-level discipleship of young Christians! This workbook contains thirteen brief lessons covering the most important truths any new Christian can know from God's Word. Each lesson contains scripture references, fill-in-the-blanks, practical application, and the definitions of key terms and important words. Each page is designed to help someone who recently trusted Christ to begin learning the basics of the Christian faith and lifestyle. This resource is a powerful 'pre-discipleship' tool that will help to quickly get a new convert on the path of growth and spiritual stability. It is perfect to use in alter packets or follow-up visits with new Christians, and should be given to everyone your church family brings to Christ. It is a powerful entry-level discipleship resource. Call or visit strivingtogether.com today to pre-order your copy of First Steps. Quantity and bulk discounts are available.

Genres: Discipleship, Nonfiction, Christian

72 pages, Paperback

First published October 21, 2008

About the author

Dr. Paul Chappell is the senior pastor of the Lancaster Baptist Church and president of West Coast Baptist College in Lancaster, California. His biblical vision has led the church to become one of the most dynamic independent Baptist churches in the nation. He has been married to his wife for over thirty-six years and is the father of four married children all serving in Christian ministry. His books can be found at http://www.strivingtogether.com.

Reviews

[Julie Ruch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bible Study Perfect for beginning discipleship

I just finished reading through this in preparation for discipling a young believer.

I like this study book much more than Growing in Christ: A 13-Week Course for New and Growing Christians which I have used three times in the past to disciple younger believers.

This course is a bit deeper and more comprehensive. Completely biblical.

This study is meant to be done with the on-going help of a more mature believer. If you don't have a godly spiritual mentor, ask your pastor for a recommendation. It makes all the difference!

Follow this study with a much more in-depth discipling course Continue: A Biblical Journey in Personal Discipleship.

[Rebekah · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's likely that my husband and I will use this book as a resource for new believers in our church. I decided to go through it myself and found it very helpful. It's a little bit repetitive in the beginning in regards to salvation (but I understand why that's necessary). I also think it's a lot of Scripture verses to look up and "fill in the blank"... Might be a bit overwhelming for a new believer who doesn't know their way around the Bible. This book might be more effective if it's done as a Bible study with an older Christian to guide, explain, and answer any questions. Overall, a helpful little book and a great resource.

[Andrea Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. I picked it up at church and read it in two or three days. the Bible reading schedule in the back of the book is also pretty cool. I was going to give this copy away but I might keep it for myself and do all of the activities in it.

[Isaac Colgrove · Rating 5 out of 5]

I do understand that at times the book could potentially dive a little deeper into the topics mentioned, however I do not think that this book is meant to be a comprehensive “textbook.” Rather, this is a guide for the counselor to build upon, and it works excellently for that purpose.

[Bailey Schneider]

I wanted to love this book after reading paid in full but this book was really repetitive in an unhelpful way. Though I did get some good info from it, overall I think there are better books with similar info.

[Andrew M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very simple step by step. Gets you moving around the Bible quite a lot.