Our Discipleship Journey Guides encourage discussion of key aspects of being a disciple and disciple maker and facilitate taking next steps in everyday life. Discipleship Journey participants discuss these every fourth week.

Permission is granted to freely share these guides with anyone who might benefit from them. The Discipleship Journey Guidebook contains all of the guides.

1. The Discipleship Journey Guidebook - Personal version with all of the guides. For printing at home or viewing on your device.

2. The Discipleship Journey Guidebook - Professional version with all of the guides. For professional printing and binding. Instructions for the printer are on the first page. If you would like to discuss obtaining printed and bound copies from us for the lowest cost possible, please contact us.

• Introduction to the Discipleship Journey Guidebook

• Ten Things to Help You Get Started gives a good overview of the nuts and bolts of the Discipleship Journey. We also suggest that you read it aloud together the first time your Discipleship Journey group gets together.

• Guide 1: Covenantal Commitment

• Guide 2: Sharing Our Life Stories

• Guide 3: How Will You Spend Time with God?

• Guide 4: Beholding God in Scripture

• Guide 5: Time for Prayer

• Guide 6: How to Find Your Rival Gods by Tim Keller

• Guide 7: Building Meaningful Friendships

• Guide 8: Your Strengths: The Lord’s Pleasure

• Guide 9: The Gospel for Bruised Reeds by Dan Doriani

• Guide 10: The Gospel—Key to Change by Tim Keller

• Guide 11: How Faith Affects Our Work by Tim Keller

• Guide 12: Make Habits, Not Resolutions by Justin Whitmel Earley

• Guide 13: Life as an Orphan, Life as a Son by Joe Congdon & Sean Radke

• Guide 14: Spiritual Conversations: A First Step in Evangelism with Matt Snell

• Guide 15: Common Questions Christians Ask About Forgiveness by Erik Raymond

• Guide 16: Pursuing Sexual Integrity by Alvin Lin

• Guide 17: Your Story: Share His Wondrous Works

• Guide 18: Peace That Passes All Understanding by Ed Welch

• Guide 19: The Bridge Illustration & Sharing the Gospel Clearly

  • Corresponding Bridge Illustration Video

• Guide 20: Prioritizing Personal Discipleship

• Guide 21: What Are Your Spiritual Gifts?

  • Corresponding Spiritual Gifts Assessment

• Guide 22: Abundant Life Is a Suffering Life by Rankin Wilbourne

• Guide 23: A Multiplying Chain of Disciples

• Guide 24: How to Honor Your Maker with Your Wallet by Ivan Mesa & Ron Blue

• Bonus Guide: My Confession: Toward a More Balanced Gospel by Paul Tripp

• Optional Leader Equipping available for each of the guides on the Equipping Times page.

Permission, as noted, has been granted to use all the material in the Discipleship Journey Guidebook, and none of the contents can be sold for profit. Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers; used by permission; all rights reserved. Content in the Discipleship Journey Guidebook is authored by the individuals credited; remaining material is authored and edited by Tim Dorsch (djourney.org/dorsch). Thanks to Jeff Loaney for editorial help. Updated Jan. 2026.