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 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.
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
This episode features a clip that aired inside the Discipleship.org Collective in Classroom 4. Daniel McCoy and Renee Sproles speak with Dr. Opheus Heyward about God's word and how we should approach it as disciples of Jesus. You can find out more about Orpheus here.
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
This episode features a clip that aired inside the called Theology Thursdays; you can watch the video clips here. Daniel McCoy and Renee Sproles interview Dr. Tony Twist about how to do theology. Tony is the president and chief executive officer of TCM International Institute; you can find out more about TCMi here. Enjoy the episode!
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
This episode features Shodankeh Johnson speaking to a live audience about the importance of submitting to God in disciple making movements. The video this clip was taken from originally aired inside Classroom 3 of the Discipleship.org Collective.
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
This episode originally aired inside Classroom 3 of the Discipleship.org Collective. This is a continuation of the series about Disciple Making Movements. Ken Shackelford interviews Dr. Pam Arlund about what it looks like to live on the mission field and to see God working up close and personal even when he's working indirectly through you.
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Ken Shackelford interviews Curtis Sergeant about Disciple Making Movements. Curtis has a DMM training ministry which you can check out at obeygc2.com.
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Ken Shackelford talks with Roy Moran about Disciple Making Movements. Roy is the lead pastor at Shoal Creek Community Church in Pleasant Valley, MO. Find out more about Roy at roymoran.com.
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Ken Shackelford chats with Matt Dabbs about the role that prayer and fasting plays in creating an atmosphere for Disciple Making Movements to be possible. Find out more about Matt Dabbs here.
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Continuing with the series about Disciple Making Movements, Ken Shackelford interviews Justin Long about DMM's. You can find out more about Justin at justinlong.org. Enjoy!
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
This episode features Ken Shackelford of LumeNations. Bobby talks with Ken about Disciple Making Movements and shares a clip of David Young from North Boulevard Church of Christ from the Renew.org Gathering about DMM's and what he's seen happening with his own eyes outside of our country.
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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