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 May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
This was Radical Mentoring's third track session from last year's National Disciple Making Forum. Cam talked to us about how vital it is that we open up completely with those we are discipling.
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
This was Radical Mentoring's second track session from last year's National Disciple Making Forum. As a biracial man, Cam Washington gave us some incredible insight into the care and the cost of discipling across cultures and generations.
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
This was Radical Mentoring's first track session from last year's National Disciple Making Forum. Cam and Trey talked to us about how to use the method and means that Jesus did for mentoring the people we are leading.
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
This was Navigators Church Ministries fourth track session at last year's Forum. We heard from Dr. Ron Ballard and Pastor Delayno Robinson as they wrapped up Navigators theme of creating a strong core discipleship team at your church that owns the mission, supports the vision, takes on conflict, and never gives up.
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
This was Navigators Church Ministries third track session at last year's Forum. Navigators leader Dane Allphin spoke to us about dealing with conflict in discipleship.
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
This was Navigators Church Ministries second track session at last year's Forum. Dave Holmes and Justin Gravitt (Dayton, OH Area Director for Navigators) spoke with us about the importance of having a core team that 100% OWNS in the discipleship vision for your church.
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You can check out Justin's blog and podcast here.
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
This was Navigators Church Ministries first track session at last year's Forum. Justin Gravitt (Dayton, OH Area Director for Navigators) spoke with us about the importance of having a core team that 100% believes in the discipleship vision for your church.
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You can check out Justin's blog and podcast here.
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
This clip was taken from the 4th track session by Lionshare at last year's Forum. Dave Buehring (founder/president of Lionshare) along with Heather Zempel (discipleship pastor at National Community Church in Washington, DC; Lionshare board of directors) and Mel Mills (Board Member, Lionshare). Dave, Heather, and Sean shared so much wisdom and depth in this episode about discipling people to be ready for relationship with the world around us.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
This clip was taken from the 3rd track session by Lionshare at last year's Forum. President and founder, Dave Buehring, talked further about discipling people within their vocation.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
This clip was taken from the 2nd track session by Lionshare at last year's Forum. President and founder, Dave Buehring, talked about helping the people we're discipling realize the greater reason for their vocation.
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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