Hand to the Plow
The Field Guide for Everyday Disciple-Makers
By Kevin E Beasley
"No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
— Luke 9:62
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Hand to the Plow is not merely a book about ideas. It is a guide for those who want to step into the field of God's mission and participate personally in the work of making disciples. As you read this book, my prayer is that it will do more than inform you; it will activate you. May it give you clarity where there has been confusion, courage where there has been hesitation, and practical tools where there has been uncertainty.
— Curtis Sergeant
You've been sitting in the pew long enough.
It's time to pick up the plow.
What if the reason the church isn't multiplying disciples has nothing to do with money, buildings, or better programs — and everything to do with the fact that nobody ever showed you how to follow the Jesus Pattern of disciple making?
This book is not for pastors. (Well, it might help them too. But that's not the point.)
This is for the business owner whose conversations at the water cooler feel like more than small talk. The stay-at-home mom whose neighborhood looks more like a mission field every day. The young adult who is completely done with a version of Christianity that asks them to come to church but rarely trains them to be the church.
It's for the burned-out volunteer who has served faithfully for years and still feels like something essential is missing. The bivocational elder doing ministry in the marketplace every single day. And it is absolutely for that 72-year-old woman who has more wisdom, more relational capital, and more love than she gives herself credit for — who just needs someone to tell her that she already has everything she needs to do what Jesus asked her to do.
The Western church has done a remarkable job of producing sincere, faithful, devoted believers. And a far less impressive job producing disciple-makers. The result? Pews full of people waiting for someone else to do what Jesus commissioned all of us to do. The Acts Gap is real — and it is not a passion problem. It is a pathway problem.
In Hand to the Plow, Kevin Beasley hands you the ancient pathway — the one Jesus walked with twelve ordinary, unimpressive, unqualified people on the dusty roads of Galilee. The one Paul carried from city to city, leaving multiplying communities of faith everywhere he went. The one the early church practiced so naturally, so organically, with such breathtaking effectiveness that within three centuries the entire known world had been touched by it.
It worked then. It still works now. And it is not complicated.
Inside, You'll Discover:
- ✦How to turn your everyday life — where you live, learn, work, and play — into a mission field that's already built and waiting
- ✦A clear, reproducible pathway from spiritual conversation to multiplying community — no budget, no building, no title required
- ✦How to use a Prayer Map to cut through the relational fog and turn names into Kingdom movements
- ✦Why your spiritual gifting is God's Great Strategy — and how to function in it
- ✦The Campfire Architecture of a gathering that grows disciples and multiplies naturally
- ✦How to build a multi-generational disciple-making network that outlasts you
Kevin E. Beasley is a domestic missionary, disciple-making practitioner, and founder of Our Best Story — a disciple-making network embedded in the places where everyday believers live, learn, work, and play.
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11 Chapters. One Clear Pathway.
Disciple-Making Is a Lifestyle
Discipleship isn't a program you attend — it's a posture you carry into every relationship and every room.
The Behaviors of Disciple-Making
The practical, repeatable actions that mark someone who is actively making disciples in the normal flow of life.
Who Can Be and Make a Disciple?
Spoiler: it's not just the theologically trained. Anyone who has surrendered to Jesus is commissioned to make more.
Multigenerational Discipling Relationships
How to build disciple-making chains that outlast you — passing the baton across generations the way Paul passed it to Timothy.
What Is a Prayer Map and Why Is It Critical?
A simple, powerful tool to bring intentionality to your relational world and see your network through Kingdom eyes.
Disciple-Making and the "Great Team"
Understanding the Spirit-given gifts in your community and how they work together to form a complete, effective team.
Building a Great Team That Actually Works
Practical steps to gather, equip, and deploy a team of disciple-makers who complement each other's gifting.
A Sample Pathway to Simple Church
A real-world template for moving from spiritual conversations to a gathered community — no building required.
The Campfire Architecture of a Gathering
What a disciple-making gathering actually looks like: simple, reproducible, and designed to multiply.
Healing and Deliverance in Disciple-Making
Why the miraculous is not optional in the Jesus Pattern — and how ordinary believers can walk in it.
Putting It All Together
A field-ready summary of the full pathway, so you can leave this book and immediately step into the mission.
Hand to the Plow · The Field Guide for Everyday Disciple-Makers
By Kevin E Beasley · Releasing April 15, 2026
Questions? Email us at kevin@ourbeststory.com