Are you leading a church or small group but wondering why real discipleship still feels elusive?Discover the simple, biblical pathway to making disciples who actually reproduce—and watch your ministry regain clarity and fruitfulness.
Are your people busy but not multiplying?
Are small groups meeting faithfully but not forming mature disciples?
Are leaders being developed, yet the Great Commission still feels unfinished?
Joel Comiskey has spent more than two decades coaching pastors and cell-church leaders around the world, helping churches move beyond activity to true disciple-making. Now he shares a clear, tested vision for how disciples are formed—not in isolation, but in community—so the church can fulfill Christ’s mission with confidence and joy.
Making Disciples is a practical, biblical guide that shows how God’s design for discipleship works best through small groups working together within a healthy church system. Drawing from Scripture, church history, and real-world ministry experience, Joel explains how disciples are shaped in community and sent out to make more disciples—just as Jesus intended.
By following the principles in this book, you’ll move beyond programs and personalities and begin seeing lasting spiritual transformation, multiplication, and mission-driven growth.
In Making Disciples, you’ll discover:Why discipleship is a group process — so believers grow through community, not isolation
How small groups form real disciples — so faith moves from knowledge to obedience
How coaching strengthens leaders — so no one leads alone or burns out
Why training and celebration matter — so disciples are equipped, inspired, and unified
How multiplication becomes natural — so making disciples who make disciples becomes the culture, not the exception
Making Disciples is your biblical, field-tested playbook for helping churches and small groups fulfill the Great Commission with clarity, balance, and fruitfulness.
If you like missional church thinking, small-group ministry, and practical discipleship rooted in Scripture, you’ll love Joel Comiskey’s clear and actionable guide.
Buy Making Disciples today and reclaim the biblical heart of disciple-making—together.
Joel Comiskey is convinced that the primary goal of the church is to make disciples who make disciples. But how is the church supposed to do that? This book answers that question.
Dr. Comiskey explains how both cell and celebration (larger gathering) work together in the process of making disciples. In the cell, a potential disciple is transformed through community, priesthood of all believers, group evangelism, and team multiplication. The cell system ensures each leader has a coach and that training happens. Then the cells gather together to worship and grow through the teaching of God's Word. This book will help you understand why and how to become a church that prioritizes discipleship.
What others are saying:
"I've read all of Joel Comiskey's books, but this one is his best work yet. I'm looking forward to having all of our pastors, coaches, cell leaders and members read this book in the near future."
- Dr. Dennis Watson, Lead Pastor, Celebration Church of New Orleans
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"I am so excited about Joel Comiskey's new book, Making Disciples in the Twenty-First Century Church. Joel has unpacked discipleship, not just as an endeavor for individuals, but as the critical element for creating a church community and culture that reproduces the Kingdom of God all over the earth."
- Jimmy Seibert, Senior Pastor, Antioch Community Church
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"Like Joel's other books, this one is solidly biblical, highly practical, wonderfully accessible and is grounded in Joel's vast research and experience."
- Dr. Dave Earley, Lead Pastor, Grace City Church of Las Vegas, Nevada
Joel Comiskey (Ph.D. Fuller Seminary) is an internationally recognized cell church coach and consultant and founder of Joel Comiskey Group. He has served as a missionary with the C&MA in Quito, Ecuador, started a cell-based church in Southern CA, and now coaches pastors in cell group ministry. Joel has written bestselling books on the worldwide cell group movement and teaches as an adjunct professor at Tozer Seminary. Joel and his wife, Celyce, have three daughters and live in Moreno Valley , California.
