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
Jan 7, 2021
Jan 7, 2021
1hr 22 sec
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.
Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020
1hr 2 min
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.
Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
55 min
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.
Dec 14, 2020
Dec 14, 2020
59 min
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.
Dec 10, 2020
Dec 10, 2020
50 min
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.
Dec 7, 2020
Dec 7, 2020
46 min
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.
Nov 30, 2020
Nov 30, 2020
59 min
This episode was recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Download the recommended resource with this episode, “Dedicated Sampler,” by going to discipleship.org/ebooks.
Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020
1hr 4 min
This episode is from Lionshare, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Checkout the Discipleship.org Collective a discipleship.org/collective.
Nov 23, 2020
Nov 23, 2020
58 min
This episode is from Lionshare, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Checkout the Discipleship.org Collective a discipleship.org/collective.
Nov 19, 2020
Nov 19, 2020
1hr 54 sec
This episode is from Lionshare, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum. Checkout the Discipleship.org Collective a discipleship.org/collective.
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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