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
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
The smallcircle mobile and web app is listed on the Top 10 list of tools by discipleship.org. This session will unfold the smallcircle app which is making an impact around the world. The smallcircle app is a free download and can be found on both Google and Apple app stores. Find out how technology can be a strong asset in every disciple-making setting. Download the app here.
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
A disciple is not made through information transfer. No one knew this better than Jesus. For example, imagine integrating real life experiences (we call them labs) in disciple-making like Jesus did when he asked Peter to get out of the boat. Do you think Peter ever forgot that experience? You will walk out of this session with a broad collection of real-life labs that you can build into your disciple-making experience. These labs will lift your disciple-making way beyond information transfer. Check out smallcircle.com to find free disciple-making tools to help you along your way.
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
In this session Steve McCoy (smallcircle) shares some practical tools specifically designed to help the everyday person in your church become involved in disciple-making at an in-depth level. You can get these tools for FREE at smallcircle.com
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
In this episode Steve McCoy (smallcircle) talked about the necessity, the power, and the strategy of including the one-to-one level in disciple-making and how oftentimes that relational aspect of making disciples gets left out.
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
This is the fourth and final track session from Real Life Ministries; they shared with us about building teams to carry out the mission of making disciples of Jesus internationally. They take us through who they’re looking for, what roles would they fill, and how they equip and unify them.
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
This episode features Real Life Ministries giving their third track session about making the shift in international missions to relational discipleship. They talk through the challenges and also share how to build a sustainable/repeatable process.
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
This episode features Real Life Ministries sharing their process of what it looks like to do relational discipleship in foreign countries. They talked about how the Holy Spirit has been faithful in guiding and helping them.
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
This track session features Dave and Janelle Campbell of Real Life Ministries giving us another look at the Great Commission and why we should focus our international efforts on Biblical Discipleship as opposed to "traditional" missions models.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
It is vitally important for you to establish safeguards for yourself when discipling hurting people, because your best gift to others is a healthy you! In this session, Melanie and Marshall from Mercy Multiplied discuss very practical safeguards that you can build into your life to ensure that you are as healthy as you can be for the people that you are discipling.
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
This episode features Melanie Wise and Marshall Gallagher of Mercy Multiplied giving their third track session at our National Disciple Making Forum. Discipling someone who is hurting is much more complex than just helping them fix their eternal issues/struggles. We’re called to help others discover the root causes to their struggles and to disciple them into a relationship with Jesus where He can bring healing and transformation at a root level in their lives. In this session, Melanie and Marshall unpack the concept of the “why” behind people’s “what.” They also dive into the importance of understanding the source of people’s pain, how Jesus responded to hurting people, and how to love someone who is struggling well (including key principles of listening and responding to them).
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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