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Jesus established the model of discipleship by forming and leading the first discipleship group — and it worked. The twelve men who emerged from Jesus’ closest circle took the gospel to the world and ultimately laid down their lives for His gospel. In Closer: How to Be a Student Who Makes Disciples, Robby Gallaty presents a practical, easy-to-implement system to help students grow in their faith. This eight-session Bible study offers a manual for making disciples, addressing the what, why, where, and how of discipleship. Discipleship groups can create an atmosphere for fellowship, encouragement, and accountability—building an environment where God can work. D-Groups, as Gallaty calls them, can teach students how to grow in their relationship with God, how to defend their faith, and how to guide others in their relationship with God. Features: • Leader helps in the back of the book to guide questions and discussion with small groups • Personal study segments in the Bible study book to complete between group sessions • Biblically rooted and gospel-centered • 8 group sessions, 7 weeks of homework Benefits: • Helps students who are serious about being disciples of Jesus achieve that goal. • Addresses the what, why, where, and how of discipleship. • Personal spiritual growth through individual time spent in Bible study. • Provides an interactive resource for creating and working with discipleship groups. • Teaches students how discipleship groups create an atmosphere for fellowship, encouragement, and accountability. • Students will gain positive information for themselves as well as for others as they learn how to help others become better disciples for Christ. • Students will learn the discipline of daily Bible study using the H.E.A.R. method of journaling. Author: Robby Gallaty is the Senior Pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, TN. He was radically saved out of a life of drug and alcohol addiction on November 12, 2002. In 2008, he founded Replicate Ministries to educate, equip, and empower men and women to be disciples who make disciple-makers (www.replicate.org). He is also the author of Foundations: A 260-Day Bible Reading Plan for Busy Teens (LifeWay, 2016), Growing Up: How to Be a Disciple Who Makes Disciples (B&H Books, 2013), Firmly Planted: How to Cultivate a Faith Rooted in Christ (B&H Books, 2015), and Rediscovering Discipleship: Making Jesus' Final Words Our First Work (Zondervan, 2015). He and his wife, Kandi, are intentional about investing in their two boys, Rig and Ryder.