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
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
This episode is from Renew, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Multiplying Disciples by Winfield Bevins,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
This episode is from Renew, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Multiplying Disciples by Winfield Bevins,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
This episode is from Renew, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Multiplying Disciples by Winfield Bevins,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
This episode is from Replicate, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Disciple-Culture Visual Introduction,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
This episode is from Replicate, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Disciple-Culture Visual Introduction,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
This episode is from Navigators Church Ministries, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Discipleship That Fits,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
This episode is from Navigators Church Ministries, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Discipleship That Fits,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
This episode is from Navigators Church Ministries, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Discipleship That Fits,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
This episode is from Navigators Church Ministries, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Discipleship That Fits,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
This episode is from Navigators Church Ministries, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Discipleship That Fits,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
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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