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.
Episodes
May 29, 2023
May 29, 2023
1 hr 5 min
Greg Ogden and Ralph Rittenhouse of Global Discipleship Initiative encouraged us not to be insecure about leading small groups, anybody with the right mindset and tools can do it!
May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023
58 min
How do we bring the Holy Spirit into our small groups and how do we get people to commit to the work? Greg and Ralph share how Micro Groups bring together four key, transformative qualities: 1. Relational transparency 2. God's truth in community 3. Life-change accountability 4. Engagement in our God-given mission
May 22, 2023
May 22, 2023
1 hr 3 min
Greg Ogden and Dan Schanuel of Global Discipleship Initiative took the time to share with us their thoughts on the power of the micro-group. How can we our small groups to form real, impactful relationships with our people?
May 17, 2023
May 17, 2023
55 min
Why are stop signs red? Why do red sales tags generate more purchases? Once you know why you will never make disciples the same way again. Learn what few of us learned in seminary - how God designed his people to learn, make decisions, and mature. Doug Burrier, a decision scientist and disciple-maker, leads this fun, eye-opening talk.
May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023
1 hr 3 min
Prepare for a concept bending experience and share time in Sustainable Discipleship’s most requested talk. Discover three people, three goals, and three strategies that always work in disciple-making. It is amazing what you can do with three hours a week!
May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023
1 hr 6 min
In this episode you will discover how to build amazing groups that get the job done and how to get the benefits of one-to-one discipleship without sacrificing the power of a group. Doug Burrier of Sustainable Discipleship talked with us about the things that work, the things that don't, and also why and you might be surprised by the results of years of research and listening to other disciple-makers.
May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023
51 min
This is Part 2 of Sustainable Discipleship’s most requested talk where Doug Burrier expounds upon the idea of making a disciple in just 3 hours each week. Skip ahead to Ep. 36 to hear Part 1!
May 3, 2023
May 3, 2023
55 min
Gina Holm of Navigators Church Ministries taught us that the key to a vibrant disciple-making culture in our churches is to train up core team leaders that just never give up. Learn the importance of modeling spiritual disciplines, celebrating discipleship, and providing direction that will inspire core team members to run with endurance the race set before them.
May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023
47 min
Dane Allphin of Navigators Church Ministries talks with us about the very important topic of how to handle conflict within your disciple-making team. Conflict is bound to happen, what tools do you have to help you walk through it?
Apr 26, 2023
Apr 26, 2023
54 min
What happens when a church gets serious about not just making disciples, but making disciple-makers? Where does a church leader begin on the journey of building a disciple making culture? Hear the true story of one disciple making church; the lessons learned, the path walked, and what’s ahead.
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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