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 Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
This episode features Renee Sproles and Michelle Eagle (Discipleship and Women's Minister at Harpeth Christian Church in Franklin, TN). They discuss what it looks like to be a woman who is following God's calling while also following God's commands in Scripture.
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
This episode features Chad Harrington and Jim Putman talking about their new book The Revolutionary Disciple.
Order The Revolutionary Disciple Book here: https://himpublications.com/product/the-revolutionary-disciple/
The Revolutionary Disciple Teaching Series Resources for Churches: https://himpublications.com/sermon-series/the-revolutionary-disciple/
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
This episode features Renee Sproles interviewing Megan Rawlings about moving into our specific roles in God's Kingdom. Find out more about Megan Rawlings here.
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
This episode is about Chad Harrington and Jim Putman's new book The Revolutionary Disciple. Both authors talk to us about what the book is all about and how to apply it in today's world.
Order The Revolutionary Disciple Book here: https://himpublications.com/product/the-revolutionary-disciple/
The Revolutionary Disciple Teaching Series Resources for Churches: https://himpublications.com/sermon-series/the-revolutionary-disciple/
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
This episode features Alisa Childers (alisachilders.com) being interviewed by Discipleship.org point leader Bobby Harrington about the intellectual cost of discipleship.
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
This episode features Curtis Sergeant (obeygc2.com) being interviewed by Discipleship.org Bobby Harrington about disciple making movements happening around the world.
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
This episode features The Bonhoeffer Project team interviewing Stephen Kimbrell about what the gospel is versus what it isn't.
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Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
This episode features our point leader Bobby Harrington interviewing Drew Hyun (founder and lead pastor of Hope Church Midtown) about emotionally healthy disciple making.
Resource: https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org
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Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
This episode features DiscipleFirst. Glenn Underhill interviews Craig Etheridge and Gary Chevalier about evangelism strategies. The clip this episode was taken from originally aired inside classroom 3 of the Discipleship.org Collective.
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
This episode features The Bonhoeffer Project. The executive director of TBP, Cindy Perkins, interviews Jim Thomas (senior pastor of First Baptist Church Fayetteville, GA) and Carmelita Boyce (Ladies Ministry Coordinator at Bay Life Church) about whether or not we'll ever get back to "normal". Jim and Carmelita talk through what things are looking at their churches now and cast a wonderful vision for how to move forward.
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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