The Disciple Maker‘s Podcast
The Disciple Makers Podcast exists to tell stories about disciples of Jesus who make disciples. Discipleship.org, who sponsors the podcast, exists to Champion Jesus‘ way of disciple making. Episodes are published in thematic seasons. To learn more, visit www.discipleship.org or email us at info@discipleship.org.
Episodes

27 minutes ago
27 minutes ago
Learn practices and stories of Jesus Style Disciple Making of Young Adults.
Check out Discipleship.org for resources on disciple making: https://discipleship.org/resources/
Join us at the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/

3 days ago
3 days ago
Explore a simple, effective, and reproducible model for making disciples and equipping others to multiply.
Check out Discipleship.org for resources on disciple making: https://discipleship.org/resources/
Join us at the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/

Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
Check out Discipleship.org for resources on disciple making: https://discipleship.org/resources/
Join us at the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/
Why the great commission teaches obedience based disciple making.

Monday Mar 30, 2026
Monday Mar 30, 2026
Check out Discipleship.org for resources on disciple making: https://discipleship.org/resources/
Join us at the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/
Bill Hull and Renew.org explore how the gospel we preach determines the disciples we produce, arguing that conversion and discipleship must be joined. Drawing on Scripture, Bonhoeffer, and practical church experience, this session explains the gospel declaration, gospel response, and gospel benefits, and offers clear steps for defining and building a disciple-making church.
Learn practical strategies for forming groups, training leaders, and teaching core disciple characteristics so churches can multiply committed followers who not only trust Jesus but follow Him.

Wednesday Mar 25, 2026
Wednesday Mar 25, 2026
Pastor DZ of Good Hope Missionary Baptist (Houston) joins the Disciplemakers podcast to share how he shifted a traditional, 153-year-old church from an attractional 'churchtainment' model to a disciple-making culture. He discusses raising expectations for membership, making discipleship a requirement, using life groups and digital tools, and investing in leadership to grow spiritually mature believers who make other disciples.They also talk about the National Disciplemaking Forum, practical first steps for leaders wanting to reset their church’s operating system, and the joy and renewed purpose that comes from aligning ministry with Jesus’ call to make disciples.

Monday Mar 23, 2026
Monday Mar 23, 2026
Join us for the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/
In this episode Ed Kang shares a 40-year story of collegiate church planting and life-on-life discipleship, explaining how close proximity, daily rhythms, and practical ministry contexts multiply disciples and launch churches.
He contrasts program-focused church culture with relational, obedience-based training, and invites leaders to embrace community, authority, and team-based disciple making.

Wednesday Mar 18, 2026
Wednesday Mar 18, 2026
Join us for the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/
Check out the Church Disciple Making Culture Assessment: https://discipleship.org/disciple-making-culture/
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In this episode Josh and Bobby Harrington continue their conversation on the seven practices of disciple making churches, drawn from a study of nine high‑impact congregations. They unpack each practice.
Listeners will find actionable guidance, real church stories, and resources (including the book and a national forum) to help their church move from attractional programming to a culture of disciples who make disciples.

Monday Mar 16, 2026
Monday Mar 16, 2026
Join us for the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/
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Josh Howard and Dr. Bobby Harrington discuss their new book, The Seven Practices of Disciple Making, and the research that uncovered North American churches that actually multiply disciples. They explain the level system, the surprising finding that fewer than 5% of churches had reproducing disciple making cultures, and how nine Level 5 churches were identified through objective assessment and interviews.
The episode highlights practical takeaways for church leaders: define what a disciple is, mobilize everyday members (not just paid staff), measure real disciple making outcomes, and explore resources like the National Disciple Making Forum and the book to help build a multiplying culture.

Wednesday Mar 11, 2026
Wednesday Mar 11, 2026
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Join the Disciple Makers podcast LionShare session featuring Laurie Jarvis and Dr. Greg Campbell as they discuss how discipleship shapes their vocations in education and government. They share personal stories, practical strategies, and examples of multiplying disciple-makers across schools, law enforcement, prisons, and sports teams.
Hear clear, actionable steps for pastors and church leaders to equip marketplace believers, simple tools to build discipleship habits, and inspiring testimonies of transformed lives and multiplying groups.

Monday Mar 09, 2026
Monday Mar 09, 2026
Join us for the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/
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Dr. Greg Campbell recounts how a pastor’s intentional mentorship transformed his life—from inner-city roots to federal leadership—demonstrating how pastors can disciple marketplace leaders through trust, relationship, and practical coaching.
This episode highlights a repeatable model: committed relationships, real-life demonstration, and systems of care that build character, multiply leadership, and extend faith beyond the church into families, careers, and missions.

New Resource on Disciple Making Culture!
A disciple making church culture is what your church actually does in disciple making; strategy is your plans on paper. Unfortunately, while we have good intentions to make disciples, our strategy and church culture do not always line up.
Read this 10 minute book – a visual summary – and share it with your leaders so everyone can better understand what it means to have a disciple making culture.

Watch the recordings from our most Recent National Disciple Making Forum
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”
The Harvard Business Review describes it this way: “The values, beliefs and behaviors practiced in an organization formed over time because they are rewarded or punished (i.e. by formal or informal rules, rituals, and behaviors.”
The McKinsey Institute put it more simply: “culture is how we do things around here …”
That statement, often attributed to the most influential management guru of our time, Peter Drucker. What Drucker meant by “culture eats strategy for breakfast” was that lasting change in an organization comes only when the culture of an organization changes. Applying this to church, if you do not change the culture of a church, the church will not change.
Many leaders fail to account for this reality.
This gets at the root of why our disciple making plans can so easily fail. We try great strategies—preaching on disciple making, small groups, D-Groups, etc. But our churches will not change—indeed cannot change—because “culture” easily defeats the strategies we adopt.















