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
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
This episode is from discipleFIRST, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Invest in a Few,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
This episode is from discipleFIRST, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Invest in a Few,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
This episode is from discipleFIRST, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Invest in a Few,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
This episode is from a host for our National Disciple Making Forum, Brentwood Baptist Church, and it features Stephen Stringer and Mark Overstreet. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “The Kingdom Unleashed Sampler,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
This episode is from a host for our National Disciple Making Forum, Brentwood Baptist Church, and it features Stephen Stringer and Mark Overstreet. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “The Kingdom Unleashed Sampler,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
This episode is from a host for our National Disciple Making Forum, Brentwood Baptist Church, and it features Stephen Stringer and Mark Overstreet. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “The Kingdom Unleashed Sampler,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
This episode is from Exponential, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum, and it features Grant Skeldon and Monica Zuniga. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Multiply Disciples,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
This episode is from Exponential, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum, and it features Dave and Sydney Clayton. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Multiply Disciples,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
This episode is from Exponential, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum, and it features Jason Stewart and Todd Wilson. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Multiply Disciples,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
This episode is from Exponential, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum, and it features Jason Stewart and Todd Wilson. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Multiply Disciples,” 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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