John R Fraser

About

John Fraser is a seasoned pastor, missionary, and professor. With over 30 years of experience in full time ministry across three continents, he loves sharing his insights from years of studying theology, philosophy, and Scripture. He and his wife, Tricia, have three grown children. John holds a Ph.D. in theology and apologetics.

The Growing Disciple: Seven Attributes of a Transformed Life

Many followers of Jesus know they should be growing spiritually, but feel stuck. They have been told to pray and read their Bible more, but they find it burdensome and unrewarding. They may have tried and failed to establish good practices of spiritual disciplines. The biblical model laid out in 2 Peter 1:5-7 tells us to add seven attributes to...

Praise

Dr Fraser's work . . . is very readable, Scriptural, practical and devotional. I have loved teaching it to young men on campus during weekly discipleship Bible Studies.

– Dr. Benjamin Hegeman, Academic Dean of The Lilias Trotter Center

John Fraser provides the reader with an engaging practical resource for living as a follower of Jesus. . . . A practically written book with easily applied resources for growth and discipleship.

– Brian Delamont, Executive Vice-President, TeachBeyond

I am part of a small group of men in which we have been reading through The Growing Disciple, and we have certainly been blessed by it in our conversations! A great read for anyone wishing to grow in their faith.

– Simon (from Goodreads)

Blog

October 26, 2026

My Substack is finally live!

I opened a Substack account ages ago, but struggled to figure out what to do with it. I wanted to do apologetics, but I also wanted to do discipleship. I finally decided to go...