Tommy Mann

     Congratulations! You’ve put your faith in Jesus and you are now trusting in Him for your salvation. But you might find yourself asking, “What now?”      Many times we as the church have been guilty of celebrating when a person chooses to follow Christ, but then we fail to teach them the basic things they need to know. We present the new convert to the church and the church claps, shakes hands, and hugs this new Christian. But that new Christian is often left to fend for himself and figure out the next steps the Lord wants him to take.      The purpose of this book is to help you answer some of the most basic questions that you  may already be wondering. Some of these questions include: *Baptism *Eternal Security *Tithes and Offerings *How to Pray and Read the Bible *The Importance of Church *The Need to Serve What Now? is now available  here.

Randy Pope, the founder and pastor of Perimeter Church in Atlanta, has written an eye-opening manual called Insourcing. Based on his 45 years of making disciples, Insourcing presents a case for what the author refers to as the Life-On-Life Discipleship Model (LOLMD). For too long the church has outsourced discipleship to parachurch organizations, and it is time to begin to insource once again. While this is not the first book on discipleship I have read, it is the first one that includes a composite of what could take place in a discipleship group setting. With admittedly smooth results and quick answers to prayer, these composite sketches give a glimpse into what the reader can hope for; beyond just reading the how-to, these composites show that each disciple is a real person with real needs. These stories are broken up and scattered among the other parts of the book, which include Pope’s advice and teaching on discipleship. The author makes the case th...