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
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Are you sick of just sitting by while your friends and family members spin out of control in their lives? Renee Sproles talks about feeling that way and the steps she took when she finally said “enough is enough” and began helping these precious people in her life. This episode is about the importance of intentional relational discipleship and building relationships to provide support to individuals in need. Renee says when you’re starting out with discipleship, an ounce of obedience is worth a pound of theory.
You can now get access to video content from the Discipleship.org city tour in Nashville, visit this link for more information: https://discipleship.org/shop/2023-nashville-city-tour/
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
In this first episode Brandon Guindon recounts a personal story of a tragic car accident and he reflects on the challenges they went through as a family and how it impacted their faith and understanding of disciple making. Brandon emphasizes the importance of following Jesus' methodology of disciple making and the transformative power it can have on individuals and communities when we follow his methods with grit and commitment.
You can now get access to video content from the Discipleship.org city tour in Nashville, visit this link for more information: https://discipleship.org/shop/2023-nashville-city-tour/
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Anthony Walker (lead pastor at Hwy 231 Church of Christ) discussed his ministry work, including leading the men's ministry and organizing a men's retreat at his church. He emphasized his involvement with renew.org and shared his personal experiences and the importance of balance in managing multiple responsibilities. Hear more from Anthony on the podcasts Fearless with Jason Whitlock and Scripture in Black and White with discipleship.org's point leader Bobby Harrington.
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
In this special Discipling Conversations episode, we had the chance to have a conversation with the point leader of Discipleship.org, Bobby Harrington, to talk about Israel. Bobby shared with us what’s going on, a brief history of wars in Israel, his personal thoughts on end times, and how to live out hope during these times.
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Men don’t realize that NOW matters! In this episode Tim Brown from ReUp Men’s Movement discusses the importance of helping men realize that growing in their walk with Jesus matters today, right now.
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
In this episode, Aaron Brockett and Bart Shaw explore the history and mission of their church, Traders Point Christian Church, and highlight the importance of intentionally investing in the next generation and removing barriers to Jesus. Their church aims to equip parents as the primary disciple-makers in the lives of their children and they give us practical steps in disciple making and emphasize the role of prayer and fasting and total dependence on God.
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Dave and Sydney Clayton of Ethos Church Nashville give us a glimpse of their passion for discipleship within their family, sharing their personal experiences, and offering principles for effective family discipleship. They emphasize how to disciple young children, adult children, grandchildren, and even spiritual children. So if you don’t have biological children, don’t skip this episode: Scripture teaches us that “family” extends beyond the traditional nuclear family to encompass the idea of a spiritual family, where all of us can function as spiritual fathers and mothers.
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
In this episode, Shodankeh Johnson (New Generations) takes us through the significant role that prayer and fasting plays in disciple-making movements, stressing their importance in staying close to God. He encourages us to begin with small steps in incorporating prayer and fasting into our lives: starting with a few hours each week personally, prayer meetings, and special prayer-centric events. He ends with a resonating prayer for strengthening faith and a plea for the willingness to steadfastly embrace prayer and fasting practices.
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Bobby Harrington, point leader of discipleship.org, spoke with us about disciple making movements and connecting it to the everyday people at everyday churches pouring into other. He contrasts the differences between these huge movements happening overseas and the things we’re lacking here in North America and brings to light the reasons why we don’t see those movements here in the States. Are we really taking this seriously? Do we really believe the Gospel? Do we really believe our lost neighbors are going to face Jesus when they die and find themselves not ready? We need a sense of urgency in order to see movements of discipleship break out in North America.
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Do you know the evergreen principle? It creates self-sustaining traffic to websites. It closes sales without new effort. It uses small changes to avoid overwhelming clients. Doug Burrier (Sustainable Discipleship) teaches us how to apply the evergreen principle to disciple making. Attract, make, and release many disciples that make disciples with little long term effort. This is the stuff they just don’t teach in seminary!
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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