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✨ NEW RELEASE: The Hole in the Church — Returning to the Mission Jesus Never Changed

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The Hole in the Church

NEW CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP BOOK

Returning to the Mission Jesus Never Changed

Churches are busy.

We gather. We sing. We preach. We plan programs. We fill calendars.

But are we making disciples?

Jesus did not call the church only to hold services. He called His followers to make disciples who make disciples.

The Hole in the Church asks a hard but needed question:

Have we become so busy doing church that we have forgotten the mission of the church?

This book will help you see what may be missing—and take simple steps back toward the mission Jesus gave every believer.

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Something Important May Be Missing

A church can have people, programs, music, preaching, and meetings.

It can look successful from the outside.

Yet something can still be missing.

People may attend church for years without learning how to follow Jesus in daily life. They may hear sermons but never learn to help another person grow.

The problem is not always a lack of activity.

The problem may be a lack of personal disciple making.

Jesus gave His followers a clear mission:

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.”
— Matthew 28:19 NKJV

The Great Commission was not given only to pastors, missionaries, or church leaders.

It was given to every follower of Jesus.

The church does not merely need more activity.

The church needs disciples who make disciples.

Is Your Church Making Disciples?

Church attendance matters.

Preaching matters.

Worship matters.

Serving matters.

But these good things do not automatically produce disciples who make disciples.

A person can attend every week and still not know how to:

Read and apply God’s Word
Pray with another believer
Confess struggles honestly
Obey what Jesus teaches
Help another person grow
Begin a simple discipleship group
Teach a new disciple to disciple someone else

The Hole in the Church challenges Christians to examine what the church is producing.

Are we producing attenders?

Or are we making disciples who follow Jesus, obey His Word, and help others do the same?

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This Book Is for You If…

⛪ You Are a Pastor

You want your church to do more than gather people. You want believers to grow, obey Jesus, and make disciples.

📖 You Are a Church Leader

You serve faithfully, but you wonder if church activity is producing real spiritual growth.

🤝 You Lead a Small Group

You want a simple, Bible-centered way to help people grow together.

🌱 You Want to Grow

You love Jesus, but you need help moving from knowing biblical truth to living it.

🌍 You Want to Make Disciples

You believe in the Great Commission but do not know how to begin.

❤️ You Care About the Church

You see churches struggling, shrinking, or losing focus, and you want to be part of the answer.

✝️ The mission is not only for church professionals. It belongs to every follower of Jesus.

What This Christian Discipleship Book Will Help You Do

After reading The Hole in the Church, you will be challenged to:

Understand the mission Jesus gave His church
See the difference between attending and following
Recognize what may be missing in modern church life
Take personal responsibility for making disciples
Begin with two or three people
Build discipleship around Scripture and prayer
Help believers put God’s Word into action
Encourage disciples to make other disciples
Move from church activity toward spiritual multiplication

You do not need another complicated church program.

You need God’s Word, prayer, faithful relationships, obedience, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

✝️ Disciple making is not one program of the church. It is the mission Jesus gave the church.

Jesus Never Changed the Mission

Jesus did not tell His followers to wait for people to enter a building.

He told them to go.

He did not tell them only to share information.

He told them to make disciples.

He did not tell them to stop when someone believed.

He told them to teach new believers to obey everything He commanded.

“Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.”
— Matthew 28:20 NKJV

The methods a church uses may change.

Buildings change. Music changes. Programs change. Technology changes.

But the mission does not change.

✝️ Follow Jesus.

✝️ Help someone else follow Him.

✝️ Teach that person to help someone else.

✝️ Make disciples who make disciples.

Disciple Making Can Begin With Two or Three

You do not need a large class.

You do not need a Bible degree.

You do not need to know every answer.

Invite two or three people to walk with you.

Keep the gathering simple:

📖 Read God’s Word

Read the same Bible passage during the week. Come ready to share what God taught you.

💬 Talk Honestly

Share your questions, victories, struggles, and areas where you need to grow.

🙏 Pray Together

Pray for one another. Ask God for wisdom, strength, courage, and obedience.

✝️ Obey Jesus

Do not stop with learning. Put God’s truth into action.

🌱 Help Each Other Grow

Encourage each person to keep following Jesus one faithful step at a time.

🌍 Multiply

Help each person begin walking with someone else.

✝️ You do not need a crowd to begin a movement. Start with two or three.

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MINISTRY ENDORSEMENTS

What Christian Leaders Say

“Jim was the first person to challenge us to consider whether we were truly living as disciple-making Christians. His example and exhortation were used by the Lord to inspire us to become disciples who make disciples.”

✝️ Duane Logsdon, Southern Baptist Pastor, and Jennifer Logsdon

“James Constable does not just talk about discipleship as if it were a program. He makes disciples who make disciples.”

✝️Victor Scott, Pastor, Non-Denominational Church

“My limited experience with this has proved to be the most beneficial and powerful thing I have been part of in 15 years of ministry. God’s Word is powerful, and when men seriously engage it, they are changed.”

✝️ Matt Strevel, Southern Baptist Pastor

✝️ Real discipleship moves people into God’s Word, closer to Jesus, and toward helping others grow.

Meet James Constable

James Constable is a Christian author, pastor, teacher, and disciple maker.

For years, James has helped Christians read Scripture, pray together, grow in faith, and help others follow Jesus.

His mission is simple:

Help people know Christ, grow in Christ, and make disciples for Christ.

James writes practical, Bible-centered books about prayer, daily faith, spiritual growth, disciple making, and the mission of the church.

He does not want readers only to gain more information.

He wants them to live what they believe.

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The Church Must Move Beyond the Building

The church gathers for worship, teaching, prayer, fellowship, and encouragement.

Then the church goes.

We carry the gospel into our homes, workplaces, schools, neighborhoods, and relationships.

Disciple making happens when ordinary Christians live as followers of Jesus wherever God places them.

It happens around kitchen tables.

It happens over coffee.

It happens when friends open the Bible.

It happens when believers pray honestly.

It happens when one disciple helps another disciple grow.

The church gathers to grow.

The church goes to make disciples.

YOUR NEXT FIVE STEPS

Begin Filling the Hole

You do not need to change your entire church today.

Begin with one faithful step.

Step 1 — Pray

Ask God to show you where disciple making is missing from your life.

Step 2 — Examine

Look honestly at your faith. Are you only attending, or are you following and obeying Jesus?

Step 3 — Invite

Ask two or three people to read the Bible and pray with you.

Step 4 — Obey

Put what Jesus teaches into action.

Step 5 — Multiply

Help each person begin walking with someone else.

✝️ Do not wait for someone else to fill the hole. Ask God how He wants to use you.

Return to the Mission Jesus Never Changed

The hole is real.

But it does not have to remain empty.

God can use one surrendered believer.

He can use one open Bible.

He can use one honest conversation.

He can use two or three people who are willing to follow Jesus together.

Church renewal does not begin with a bigger calendar.

It begins when Christians return to Christ, obey His Word, and make disciples.

Will you help fill the hole?

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Frequently Asked Questions About The Hole in the Church

What is The Hole in the Church about?

The Hole in the Church examines what may be missing when churches become busy with services and programs but fail to make disciples who make disciples. It calls Christians back to the Great Commission.

Is this book only for pastors?

No. It is written for pastors, church leaders, ministry teams, small groups, and everyday Christians who want to follow Jesus and help others grow.

Is this book based on the Bible?

Yes. Its central message comes from Jesus’ command to make disciples and teach them to obey His Word.

Does the book criticize the church?

The purpose is not to attack the church. The purpose is to help the church return to the mission Jesus gave it.

Can a small group read this book together?

Yes. The subject is well suited for church leadership teams, Sunday school classes, ministry groups, and small discipleship gatherings.

Do I need discipleship experience before reading it?

No. The book is designed to help ordinary Christians understand why disciple making matters and how they can begin.

Where can I purchase the book?

The Hole in the Church is available through Amazon. Use the purchase button on this page to see current formats and pricing.

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The Mission Is Still the Mission

Jesus still calls us to follow Him.

Jesus still calls us to obey His Word.

Jesus still calls us to make disciples.

The church does not need to invent a new mission.

We need to return to the mission Jesus never changed.

Follow Jesus. Grow together. Make disciples. Multiply.

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