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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Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Today's episode is brought to you by DiscipleFirst. This is part 2 or a series that's airing inside the Discipleship.org Collective about Evangelism Strategies and it features Glenn Underhill, Craig Etheridge, and Josh McCasland of First Colleyville. Click here to find out more about their church. If you haven't listened to part 1 yet, skip back to episode 40 of this season of The Disciple Maker's Podcast and check that out. Enjoy!
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
This episode was taken from classroom 2 of the Discipleship.org Collective and it features The Bonhoeffer Project. Cindy Perkins interviews Bill Hull and Dan Leitz about whether discipleship makes a difference. Why bother?
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
On this episode we have Craig Etheridge and Glenn Underhill of disciplefirst.com and Chad Vandiver of First Colleyville. Craig, Glenn, and Chad talk to us about evangelism.
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
The Bonhoeffer Project took over the episode with Cindy Perkins interviewing Denny Heiberg (mobilizingdisciples.com) and Sandy Mason (check out his books here) about finding genuine joy in making disciples.
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
This episode aired in the Auditorium section of the Discipleship.org Collective and featured president and CEO of The Bonhoeffer Project, Bill Hull. The Exec Director of TBP Cindy Perkins interviews Bill about his upcoming book, No Longer A Bystander. Enjoy!
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
This episode was taken from the Discipleship.org Collective show called Theology Thursdays, hosted by Daniel McCoy and Renee Sproles (which aired inside Classroom 4). Daniel and Renee interviewed Dr. Gary Johnson about eschatology, or study of the end times. You can find out more about Gary here.
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Daniel McCoy and Renee Sproles speak with Chad Ragsdale about categorizing elements of the Christian faith. They suggest using the "Essential, Important, and Personal" buckets tool which is super helpful for followers of Jesus. You can find out more about Chad here, and you can purchase his book Christian Convictions here.
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Daniel McCoy and Renee Sproles speak with David Young about the Holy Spirit. David has a new book out now called Holy Spirit and you can purchase it right here. The audio clip featured in this episode was taken from the Discipleship.org Collective.
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Daniel McCoy and Renee Sproles speak with Anessa Westbrook about...sin. This was a great conversation about ways that Satan lures us into sin and division. You can visit Anessa's website to find out more about her here.
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
This episode features a clip that aired inside the Discipleship.org Collective in Classroom 4. Daniel McCoy and Renee Sproles speak with Dr. Matthew Bates about defining the Gospel. You can visit his website here and purchase his critically acclaimed book Gospel Allegiance here.
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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