Big Deal Discipleship with Andy Spencer

DEFENDING THE FAITH with Frank Harber

In this Episode of DEFENDING THE FAITH, Frank Harber interviews Andy Spencer about Big Deal Discipleship.

What are some good discipleship materials? Andy Spencer has formulated a unique tool for discipleship. The Big Deal Discipleship Series is an attempt to streamline discipleship. Big Deal Discipleship is a unique discipleship tool that equips you to hold others accountable to holy living and be held accountable yourself. The Big Deal Discipleship material has been built around God's Word to help you ground your life in the truth of the Gospel. There is a series of questions for each meeting that help you ask and answer the tough questions, which in turn helps refine you spiritually in your walk with God. The Big Deal Discipleship Series is a simple way for people to meet and have 50 discussions about important truths from the Bible and our lives.

Andy Spencer received a BBA in Entrepreneurship/Marketing from Baylor University. While at Baylor, Andy served as the Baylor Mascot and received the Best Mascot Award at NCA Camp in 1986.

He joined the Arthur Valve and Fitting Company in 1987 as a salesperson in San Antonio,

Texas, working in various sales, management, and executive roles with the company. In 2002, Andy purchased the company and renamed it Arthur Fluid System Technologies. He sold the business in 2010, and now gives his time to consulting and other business ventures.

In 2012, Andy formed Take 5 Ministries, an organization providing leadership development for pastors through peer-to-peer learning experiences.

He has written a book titled Leadership from the Sidelines – Much of What I Learned

about Leadership, I Learned as a Mascot. A second book, Lift Your Pastor – Becoming a

Pastor’s Advocate, with co-author, Dr. Michael Lewis, was published in 2017. To distribute

these and other books, Andy formed a company called EnGedi Publishing, LLC.

Andy is continually educating himself and others in areas ranging from basic selling skills to efficiency training, change management and team building. He has spoken to classes at Baylor University, Emanuel Baptist University in Romania, and Seminary Bonn in Germany, as well as at various industry conferences.

He currently serves as a deacon at Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. He has also served in church leadership as personnel committee chairman and chairman of deacons.

Andy’s family includes his wife, Kathy, and two daughters, Deanna (married to Scott Pratt) and Andrea.