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.
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Episodes
3 hours ago
3 hours ago
Join us to explore the powerful impact small groups can have on individuals, churches, and communities. Hear transformative testimonies that highlight spiritual growth through authentic connection. Discover strategies for creating inclusive and engaging group dynamics that foster spiritual maturity. Learn how relational discipleship can help close your church's back door, positioning small groups as the tip of the spear in advancing your mission.
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6 days ago
6 days ago
Join us for an actionable session on creating, implementing, and deepening small groups in your church. Learn to define group goals, understand your congregation's spiritual maturity, and explore metrics for measuring success. Discover practical methods for fostering spiritual growth and gain insights into developing a reproducible process that encourages growth.
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Monday Apr 27, 2026
Monday Apr 27, 2026
Jesus had an intentional method and model of disciple making. Are we following His lead, or are we separating the methods of Jesus from the teachings of Jesus and expecting the results of Jesus? In this session, we will help you understand the keys to the Great Commission and help you realign with the master disciple maker, Jesus.
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Wednesday Apr 22, 2026
Wednesday Apr 22, 2026
Technology isn’t a replacement for disciple-making—it’s a powerful tool to enhance it. In this session, we’ll explore how the SmallCircle app is transforming disciple-making around the world. The newly released SmallCircle 4.0 is packed with features designed to elevate relational intentionality, making disciple-making more effective than ever. Best of all, it’s completely free (donor-funded) and available for download on both the Google and Apple app stores. To get the most out of this session, we recommend downloading the SmallCircle app in advance by searching for it in your app store.
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Monday Apr 20, 2026
Monday Apr 20, 2026
We don’t just learn through words—we learn through experience. A disciple isn’t formed by simply transferring information, and no one understood this better than Jesus. Think about when Peter was challenged to step out of the boat. That wasn’t just a lesson—it was a life-altering experience. Do you think Peter ever forgot it? In this session, we’ll explore how to integrate powerful, real-life experiences—what we call "Labs"—into disciple-making, just as Jesus did. You’ll walk away with a collection of practical, hands-on labs that will take your disciple-making beyond information transfer and into transformational impact.
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Wednesday Apr 15, 2026
Wednesday Apr 15, 2026
Disciple making isn’t a program—it was never meant to be. The goal is creating a culture where disciple making becomes the core DNA of our churches and organizations, inside and out. This session will unpack the essential building blocks for cultivating that culture: equipping everyday believers, reaching fourth-generation disciple-making and beyond, discipling people both to Jesus and in Jesus, and expanding the impact of disciple making from our local corner to the corners of our city, region, and to the corners of the world. This is possible with an intentional strategy.
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Monday Apr 13, 2026
Monday Apr 13, 2026
Have you ever noticed how a conversation feels different when it’s just the two of you in a restaurant booth—no distractions, no third party—just a unique sense of closeness? That’s because God engineered us for different levels of relational depth in different settings. Jesus modeled disciple-making across all these spaces—larger groups, micro-groups (3-4 people), and one-to-one. Yet, the one-to-one dynamic is often overlooked, and with it, an invaluable relational depth is lost. This session will uncover why one-to-one disciple-making is essential, the life-changing power it holds, and the practical strategy for making it a core part of disciple-making.
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Join us at the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/
Wednesday Apr 08, 2026
Wednesday Apr 08, 2026
Learn practices and stories of Jesus Style Disciple Making of Young Adults.
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Join us at the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/
Monday Apr 06, 2026
Monday Apr 06, 2026
Explore a simple, effective, and reproducible model for making disciples and equipping others to multiply.
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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.
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.
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