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
Nov 14, 2022
Nov 14, 2022
1 hr 5 min
This is Renew.org's third track session at this year's National Disciple Making Forum and a continuation of the conversation between Paul Huyghebaert (lead minister at Grace Chapel Church of Christ) and Shodankeh Johnson (part of the Core Team of New Generations) about disciple making movement principles. Shodankeh shares amazing stories of church planting and disciple making movements in Africa while Paul describes the practical things his church has implemented to get the ball rolling here in North America.
Nov 8, 2022
Nov 8, 2022
1 hr 6 min
This is Renew.org's second track session at this year's National Disciple Making Forum. In this episode, Paul Huyghebaert (lead minister at Grace Chapel Church of Christ) interviews Shodankeh Johnson (part of the Core Team of New Generations) on how the North American church can adopt disciple making movement principles to see a movement break out in the States. Shodankeh shares key insights that we can use today.
Nov 7, 2022
Nov 7, 2022
34 min
This is Renew.org's first track session from this year's National Disciple Making Forum. In this episode, Donnie Williams (lead pastor of Lifepointe Church) teaches on what his church has done to switch from a more attractional model to a Bible centered model. He discusses what it looks like to combat culture's leanings though sound biblical teaching and Discipleship.
Nov 2, 2022
Nov 2, 2022
1 hr 56 sec
A child’s worldview is developed at a young age. Parents can and need to be present during this process along with partnering with church leaders to help disciple their children. Matt Markins (president and CEO of Awana) gives us some practical tips for raising up children who faithfully follow Jesus.
Oct 31, 2022
Oct 31, 2022
51 min
With the dramatic shift in technology and American lifestyles compared to the past, Matt Markins (president and CEO of Awana) describes some "old maps" of doing things compared to the new ways of dealing with the difficulties that children face today.
Oct 26, 2022
Oct 26, 2022
59 min
This was BetterMan's fourth track session at the 2022 National Disciple Making Forum. Chris Harper (Executive Director) gets really practical in this episode about how to give men good theology through cohorts at your church.
Oct 24, 2022
Oct 24, 2022
1 hr 5 min
This was BetterMan's third track session at the 2022 National Disciple Making Forum. Chris Harper (Executive Director) talks about the things we do that turn men away from engaging in church.
Oct 19, 2022
Oct 19, 2022
58 min
This was BetterMan's second track session at the 2022 National Disciple Making Forum. Chris Harper (Executive Director) gives insight on the importance of reaching men for Christ. He discusses what it looks like to be "good problems" as men for the sake of the gospel.
Oct 17, 2022
Oct 17, 2022
44 min
This was BetterMan's first track session at the 2022 National Disciple Making Forum. Chris Harper (Executive Director) taught us about giving men a higher calling - to become godly and lead their family and in their social context.
Sep 28, 2022
Sep 28, 2022
1 hr 3 min
Matt Dabbs (director of the Discipleship.org Collective) has a conversation with Rich Knopp who discusses his ministry, Room for Doubt. He conveys how this ministry ties into parents discipling and raising up their kids in the Lord. Join us in this great conversation around parents raising up their children in the Lord, and how Rich views his ministry impacting Discipleship.
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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