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
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Disciple making comes in many shapes and sizes. How do you determine what is right for your church? Michelle Eagle (Discipleship and Women's Minister at Harpeth Christian Church) helps us discover the nuts and bolts of several types of disciple making strategies and the pros and cons that go with them along with the must' haves of every disciple-making ministry.
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
What are the ramifications within your church of women being discipled into maturity? We say that we want (need) mature disciples of Jesus within our churches but are we willing to make the sacrifices in our "we've always done it this way" mentality to truly focus on disciple making? Michelle Eagle (Discipleship and Women's Minister at Harpeth Christian Church) explores how to focus your ministry on creating a culture of disciple making while maintains a strong biblical foundation.
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
As we step into Scripture, we find Old Testament shadows alluding to New Testament realities and old covenant truths holding up new covenant promises. Whenever a text is cryptic or concealed—whether in the Pentateuch, the Prophets, the Parables, or the Apocalypse, we can look to the neighboring testament for clarity and revelation. These connections across books and testaments expose the overarching story that God is writing through his Creation—to transform us so that we don’t just bear his image, but we also reflect his glory.
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
A common mistake that women make as we read Scripture is to see the story through a “me-centered lens.” It’s human nature to be self-centered. But when we read the Bible through a “God-centered” lens, our whole perspective changes. A key to shifting our mindset is to look for the character of God and the centrality of Christ in every Bible passage. Tina Wilson of Women of Renew.org shows us how to practice knowing God and spotlighting his Son so that our study of Scripture informs and deepens our personal relationship with our Lord
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
We love our rights. We love to proclaim them whenever we feel someone has infringed on them. But God calls us to servanthood and that means surrendering a lot of things to which we think we have a right. Are you willing to lay down your rights to be more available to God to serve others?
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
We know we’re supposed to disciple our children, but it feels overwhelming. Even though there are countless devotionals, Bible studies and books for teaching children about Jesus, where do we start? Gain a fresh perspective on how you can make a disciple making difference in the children in your life!
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Imagine how different our community or nation might look if godly, seasoned leaders intentionally discipled the next generation? Younger leaders are hungry to learn and grow, and it’s the responsibility of those in their 40s-70s to disciple them in the ways of God w hen it comes to work.
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Dave Buehring of Lionshare talks with us about how spiritual warfare is real, and Jesus has provided us with weapons to win when we are in the midst of it! Ask yourself these questions: Are you equipping the people you are discipling to fight against the enemy’s schemes? Have you ever considered which of the devil’s weapons work best against you and those you are discipling?
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Shodankeh, Curtis, and Josh have a conversation led by Paul giving us hope for seeing a disciple making movement here in North America and challenge us all do the simple but hard work of praying and fastin
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Josh Howard (Disciple Making Movement leader in India) and Paul Huyghebaert engage in an honest conversation about the North American Church and the barrier created by centralized thinking.
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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