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

Jul 11, 2019

1hr 8 min

Download “Fill Your Seats,” a free eBook written by Regi Campbell of Radical Mentoring. Visit http://discipleship.org/radical to get your free copy of this eBook in PDF, Mobi, and ePub formats.
Connect with Discipleship.org:
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Samson Society: http://samsonsociety.org/
Radical Mentoring: https://radicalmentoring.com/

Jul 8, 2019

54 min

Download Navigators Church Ministries free PDF "The Start Small Go Slow Strategy" at https://discipleship.org/navigators/.
Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Navigators Church Ministries led a track called, “Disciple Making Relationships Get Real and Go Deep.”
Relevant Links:
Navigators Church Ministries website: https://www.navigators.org/mission/navigators-church-ministries/
Free resource: https://discipleship.org/navigators/
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum

Jul 4, 2019

55 min

Download Navigators Church Ministries free PDF "The Start Small Go Slow Strategy" at https://discipleship.org/navigators/.
Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Navigators Church Ministries led a track called, “Disciple Making Relationships Get Real and Go Deep.”
Relevant Links:
Navigators Church Ministries website: https://www.navigators.org/mission/navigators-church-ministries/
Free resource: https://discipleship.org/navigators/
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum

Jul 1, 2019

41 min

Download Navigators Church Ministries free PDF "The Start Small Go Slow Strategy" at https://discipleship.org/navigators/.
Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Navigators Church Ministries led a track called, “Disciple Making Relationships Get Real and Go Deep.”
Relevant Links:
Navigators Church Ministries website: https://www.navigators.org/mission/navigators-church-ministries/
Free resource: https://discipleship.org/navigators/
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum

Jun 27, 2019

1hr 16 min

Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Ken Adams of Impact Ministries led a track called, “The Making of a Disciple Making Church.”
Relevant Links: Impact Ministries Website: https://impactdisciples.com
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum

Jun 24, 2019

1hr 12 min

Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Ken Adams of Impact Ministries led a track called, “The Making of a Disciple Making Church.”
Relevant Links: Impact Ministries Website: https://impactdisciples.com
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum

Jun 20, 2019

52 min

Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Ken Adams of Impact Ministries led a track called, “The Making of a Disciple Making Church.”
Relevant Links: Impact Ministries Website: https://impactdisciples.com
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum

Jun 17, 2019

46 min

Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Ken Adams of Impact Ministries led a track called, “The Making of a Disciple Making Church.”
Relevant Links: Impact Ministries Website: https://impactdisciples.com
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum

Jun 13, 2019

1hr 6 min

Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Ken Adams of Impact Ministries led a track called, “The Making of a Disciple Making Church.”
Relevant Links: Impact Ministries Website: https://impactdisciples.com
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum

Jun 10, 2019

53 min

Download Grace and Truth Living’s free PDF giveaway of 42 printable Scripture memory cards. Download it at http://discipleship.org/graceandtruth.
Today’s audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Joanne Kraft of Grace and Truth Living led a track called, “Women and Disciple Making.”
Relevant Links:
Grace and Truth Living’s website: http://www.graceandtruthliving.com/
Free resource: http://discipleship.org/graceandtruth
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.

 

Listen to conversations from these individduals Shodankeh, Jason Shepperd,Sean McDowell and others as we dive into this vital conversation at the Discipleship.org 2024 National Disciple Making Forum.

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Dive Deeper with more Disciple Making Culture Resources:

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