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 Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
This episode is from Small Circle, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum, and it features Steve McCoy, Gilbert Thurston. It's called "Getting beyond information transfer by using tools." Register for the next National Disciple Making Forum by going to Discipleship.org.
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
This episode is from Small Circle, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum, and it features Steve McCoy, Gilbert Thurston. It's called "Creating a disciple making culture with everyday people." Register for the next National Disciple Making Forum by going to Discipleship.org.
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
This episode is from Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum, and it features Pete Scazzero. It's called "Getting Beneath the Surface of Racism: Discipleship and the Building of a Multiracial, Multiethnic Church." Register for the next National Disciple Making Forum by going to Discipleship.org.
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Friday Mar 27, 2020
This episode is from Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum, and it features Pete Scazzero. It's called "Creating a healthy culture and teams with Emotionally Healthy Discipleship." Register for the next National Disciple Making Forum by going to Discipleship.org.
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Welcome back! This is Season 7 of The Disciple Maker's Podcast by Discipleship.org. This episode is from Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, recorded at the National Disciple Making Forum, and it features Pete Scazzero. It's called "Implementing Emotionally Healthy discipleship in your church to deeply change lives." Register for the next National Disciple Making Forum by going to Discipleship.org.
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and we had some great Main Stage speakers bring us convicting and inspiring messages. Today we’re bringing you one of the main stage messages.
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Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship dot org. The theme was “Relationships,” and we had some great MainStage speakers bring us convicting and inspiring messages. Today we’re bringing you one of the main stage messages.
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
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Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and we had some great Main Stage speakers bring us convicting and inspiring messages. Today we’re bringing you one of the main stage messages.
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Download Dr. Marcus De Carvalho’s book, Untangling Addiction, for free at https://discipleship.org/addiction.
Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Dr. Marcus De Carvalho of Untangling Addiction led a track called, “Untangling Addiction - Stronger Through Jesus Style Discipleship.”
Relevant Links:
Untangling Addition’s website: https://healthymindmd.com/
Free resource: https://discipleship.org/addiction
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
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Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Download Dr. Marcus De Carvalho’s book, Untangling Addiction, for free at https://discipleship.org/addiction.
Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Dr. Marcus De Carvalho of Untangling Addiction led a track called, “Untangling Addiction - Stronger Through Jesus Style Discipleship.”
Relevant Links:
Untangling Addition’s website: https://healthymindmd.com/
Free resource: https://discipleship.org/addiction
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
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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