How to Save the World: Disciplemaking Made Simple

by Alice Matagora

Overview

God wants to use you right where you are.

Jesus’ command to “go and make disciples” can feel complicated and overwhelming. Do you wonder where to start, what it looks like, and how to fit this making-disciples thing into your busy schedule? You’re not alone.

Drawing on cutting-edge research from The Navigators and Barna Group, Alice Matagora invites you to enter Jesus’ plan to save the world wherever you are. She understands your anxieties (because she’s experienced them) and helps you to break down barriers, pointing you to the joy of engaged discipleship: knowing Christ, making him known, and helping others do the same.

Her book includes plenty of support to equip you right where you are today!

• Scripture woven throughout to encourage you


• fascinating data based on Barna’s disciplemaking research


• questions for deeper reflection at the end of each chapter


• seven relatable case studies of “everyday disciplemakers”

No matter who you are, what you do, or where you are in your disciplemaking journey, How to Save the World will help you find joy and confidence as you discover practical ways to share your faith as you join God in saving the world right where you live.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641584654
Publisher:	The Navigators
Publication date:	08/09/2022
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alice Matagora is the program coordinator for a Leader Development Initiative in the Navigators. She lives in California with her husband and children.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Not-So-Great Disciplemaker 1

Chapter 2 Laying a Foundation 19

Chapter 3 Where We Lost Our Way 41

Chapter 4 What's Your Why? 71

Chapter 5 Overcoming Barriers 103

Chapter 6 "How Do I Do This?" 127

Chapter 7 When Life Gets in the Way 161

Epilogue What Could God Do? 189

Resources 195

Notes 199

What People are Saying About This

Ed Stetzer

With honesty and humility, Alice Matagora encourages believers to be engaged in disciplemaking in their everyday, normal lives. This is the need of the hour. Using helpful information from Barna and employing her training as a therapist, she shows how vital and yet how accessible it is for every believer. If you find yourself a bit hesitant to disciple others, this book will encourage and instruct you to be the disciplemaker you were saved to become.

Marvin Campbell

Alice has masterfully condensed the practice of making disciples into an understandable, step-by-step process. Incorporating current Barna research data, she presents a practical and holistic worldview of disciplemaking within cultural, ethnic, and non-majority people groups. I strongly recommend this book for all believers looking to put their faith into Great Commission action.

Joyce Koo Dalrymple

This practical and inspiring book demystifies what discipleship is and motivates people to start making disciples, no matter who they are or what they do. Whether you have been following Jesus for five months or fifty years, you will find helpful insights to help you get started, overcome barriers, or become more effective in making disciples. This easy-to-read book is a gem that you will refer to again and again, as you partner with God. Right where you are.

Michelle Ami Reyes

A book on disciplemaking with sass. With groundbreaking research from Barna, How to Save the World helps us demystify the concept of disciplemaking for the twenty-first century. Alice Matagora interweaves case studies, statistics, and personal anecdotes to offer a useful introductory guide for Christians of all ages on how to create a lineage of faith from one generation to the next. Great for small-group study!

David Kinnaman

Disciplemaking has been an undercurrent of the research we do at Barna from the beginning. That’s because disciplemaking was the original “last call” from Jesus to his followers—the thing we’re each meant to do as we walk with Jesus. The research our team conducted alongside this book demonstrates the urgency of a renewed commitment and imagination for the basic Christian practice of inviting people into a life with Christ.

Brandon Cook

How to Save the World is a phenomenal resource for normal Christians who know and sense that more is possible in their everyday lives. It is a simple (not simplistic) primer on discipleship and disciplemaking that is both a call to action and a how-to kit. It lays out not only the why of disciplemaking (and how the church has lost its way) but also lots of practical insights into how to become a disciplemaker. This book, quite simply, can radically change someone’s Christian life. It is a phenomenal primer on disciplemaking and a much-needed resource for a church badly in need of a disciplemaking reformation.

Editorial Reviews

Readers will appreciate Matagora’s friendly tone and willingness to admit her own hesitations and shortcomings . . . which help make her suggestions feel realistic. Christians looking for advice on spreading God’s message would do well to start here.

Publishers Weekly