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
Feb 14, 2019
Feb 14, 2019
1hr 3 min
Download the free PDF “The Process of Transformation” by Dave Buehring. Visit http://discipleship.org/lionshare to get your free PDF.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship·org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Lionshare hosted a track called “Making Disciples in the Generations and Vocations.”
Connect with Discipleship.org:
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Lionshare website: http://www.lionshare.org/
Dave Buehring on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davebuehring
Lionshare on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lionshare_org
Feb 10, 2019
Feb 10, 2019
1hr 7 min
Download the free PDF “The Process of Transformation” by Dave Buehring. Visit http://discipleship.org/lionshare to get your free PDF.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship·org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Lionshare hosted a track called “Making Disciples in the Generations and Vocations.”
Connect with Discipleship.org:
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Lionshare website: http://www.lionshare.org/
Dave Buehring on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davebuehring
Lionshare on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lionshare_org
Feb 7, 2019
Feb 7, 2019
1hr 12 min
Download the free PDF “The Process of Transformation” by Dave Buehring. Visit http://discipleship.org/lionshare to get your free PDF.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship·org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Lionshare hosted a track called “Making Disciples in the Generations and Vocations.”
Connect with Discipleship.org:
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Lionshare website: http://www.lionshare.org/
Dave Buehring on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davebuehring
Lionshare on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lionshare_org
Feb 5, 2019
Feb 5, 2019
1hr 12 min
Download the free PDF “The Process of Transformation” by Dave Buehring. Visit http://discipleship.org/lionshare to get your free PDF.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship·org. The theme was “Relationships,” and Lionshare hosted a track called “Making Disciples in the Generations and Vocations.”
Connect with Discipleship.org:
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Lionshare website: http://www.lionshare.org/
Dave Buehring on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davebuehring
Lionshare on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lionshare_org
Nov 20, 2018
Nov 20, 2018
1hr 13 min
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship dot org. The theme was "Disciple Maker,” where Dann Spader of Sonlife led a track called “Transforming the Culture of Youth Ministry.”
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Sonlife Website: https://www.sonlife.com/
Nov 15, 2018
Nov 15, 2018
1hr 14 min
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship dot org. The theme was "Disciple Maker,” where Dann Spader of Sonlife led a track called “Transforming the Culture of Youth Ministry.”
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Sonlife Website: https://www.sonlife.com/
Nov 13, 2018
Nov 13, 2018
1hr 10 min
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship dot org. The theme was "Disciple Maker,” where Dann Spader of Sonlife led a track called “Transforming the Culture of Youth Ministry.”
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Sonlife Website: https://www.sonlife.com/
Nov 9, 2018
Nov 9, 2018
1hr 8 min
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship dot org. The theme was "Disciple Maker,” where Dann Spader of Sonlife led a track called “Transforming the Culture of Youth Ministry.”
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Sonlife Website: https://www.sonlife.com/
Nov 8, 2018
Nov 8, 2018
15 min
NOTES:
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship dot org. The theme was "Disciple Maker,” where Dann Spader of Sonlife led a track called “Transforming the Culture of Youth Ministry.”
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Sonlife Website: https://www.sonlife.com/
Oct 16, 2018
Oct 16, 2018
1hr 2 min
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship dot org. The theme was "Disciple Maker,” where Roy and Margaret Fitzwater of Navigator Church Ministries a track called “Crockpot Church Cultures in a Microwave World.”
Connect with Discipleship.org:
http://discipleship.org/
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
Navigator Church Ministries Website: http://www.navigatorchurchministries.org/
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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