The Get Discipled Project exists to equip churches to make disciples of Jesus who joyfully obey everything he said. 

Our Story

It was 1993. I (Dave) had just been appointed Discipleship Pastor at a start-up church in Denver, Colorado. With all the energy—and naivete—of a twenty-nine-year-old fresh out of seminary, I was champing at the bit to blaze a trail for intentional disciple-making at our church.

At the same time, I was struck by the sweeping scope of Jesus’ Great Commission to teach them “to obey everything I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19). Everything? I had never attempted to list all that Jesus commanded—much less to craft this into a comprehensive and accessible resource for multiplying disciples. But I assumed others had. So, I set out to curate the best tools available for teaching people to obey everything Jesus said.

There was just one problem: I couldn’t find a single resource that met this standard.[1]

For years, I thought I was overlooking something until I read this jarring statement by Dallas Willard: “I do not know of a denomination or local church in existence that has as its goal to teach its people to do everything Jesus said. I’m not talking about a whim or a wish, but a plan.”[2]

Willard’s statement stopped me in my tracks. How can we expect to accomplish Christ’s stated purpose for his church if we have no plan for doing so? This became the burr under my saddle—and the impetus for launching The Get Discipled Project.

Now, after three decades of biblical research, curriculum development, and hands-on testing in local churches, we’ve published The Get Discipled Series, a ground-breaking small group resource that not only teaches disciples of Jesus to obey everything he commanded but also passes the reproducibility test, having birthed fourth-generation disciples—that is, disciples making disciples who make disciples who make disciples.

Are you ready to move beyond good intentions to implementing a proven plan for teaching people to obey everything Jesus commanded—including his command to disciple others?

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[1] Since then, John Piper released his excellent book, What Jesus Demands from the World (2006), which was later revised and retitled All That Jesus Commanded: The Christian Life According to the Gospels (2023). While not a disciple-making curriculum per se, this book effectively synthesizes Jesus’ teachings into thirty prominent themes, as covered in fifty concise chapters. 

[2] Dallas Willard, The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’s Essential Teaching on Discipleship (New York: HarperCollins, 2006), 61.

Our Founder

Dave Steel put his hope and trust in Jesus as a nine-year-old boy, but it wasn't until early adulthood that he began "to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ" (Eph. 3:18) and to experience the complete joy of being his disciple (John 15:11). Having followed Jesus for over fifty years, Dave is finding him increasingly winsome the better he gets to know him. 

Dave is a seasoned pastor, author, and disciple-maker who has served in various pastoral roles across Colorado, Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. He holds degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary (MABS), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MDiv), and Talbot School of Theology (DMin in Discipleship).