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

Thursday Sep 01, 2016
Thursday Sep 01, 2016
This story is about James Forlines and Final Command Ministries (http://www.finalcommand.com/). The story of how this ministry began is unique because most of their work has been outside the United States. Another element that makes this episode unique is the behind the scenes look at the story from one of the founders, Jerry Trousdale, the author of Miraculous Movements, a book about how hundreds of thousands of Muslims are falling in love with Jesus.
Heres the executive director, James Forlines, about what a fresh look at disciple making looks like today.
Music credit: Tony Anderson (www.tonyanderson.com).

Tuesday Aug 23, 2016
Tuesday Aug 23, 2016
We asked Pat Morley about what discipleship has looked like in his life. He shared his conversion to Christ story and then how God used him to launch Man in the Mirror, which was first a book, and then it became a ministry. The goal of Man in the Mirror (as a ministry) is simple: helping men to disciple men. Here's Pat about his conversion story, how God radically changed his life, and how that all turned into a passion for every man to be discipled: Man in the Mirror: http://www.maninthemirror.org/ Music credit: Tony Anderson (www.tonyanderson.com).

Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Robby Gallaty leads Long Hallow Baptist Church (http://longhollow.com) as the Senior Pastor. Long Hallow, which is in Nashville, Tennessee is where the Discipleship.org National forum is hosted this year. Its in interesting ministry and context for disciple making, because of the larger numbers at Long Hallow. Robby brings a unique perspective on making disciples in a large church setting because of his extensive ministry experience *specifically in making disciples*, even though hes got a masters degree in preaching. In this episode, youll hear Robby tell his conversion to Christ story, as well as his perspective on disciple making today. He offers practical tips for all disciple-making leaders. Youll also here two other disciple makers who invested into Robby in his lifeone of them helped Robby come to the Lord and the other helped him grow up in the Lord. But thats only part of the story. Music credit: Tony Anderson (www.tonyanderson.com).

Friday Aug 12, 2016
Friday Aug 12, 2016
Kennon Vaughan, president and founder of Downline Ministries (http://downlineministries.com), shares his discipleship journey. His disciple maker, Roy Campbell (aka Soup) shares his perspective in this narrative podcast. Music credit: Tony Anderson (www.tonyanderson.com).

Thursday Aug 04, 2016
Thursday Aug 04, 2016
Craig Etheredge was helping with a campus ministry group in the Dallas-Fort Worth area when he noticed how another campus minister was investing into students. That man was David Guinn at Baylor University, a nearby school. Craig saw how David lived his life, and it made a huge impact on him to make disciples, not just converts, through campus ministry. That was just the beginning of Craigs journey of disciple making. Heres Craig on that experience, which helped lay the foundation for what became DiscipleFIRST Ministries. Music credit: Tony Anderson (www.tonyanderson.com).

Friday Jul 22, 2016
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Dave Buehring shares the story of how he was discipled by Loren Cunningham, the founder of YWAM. He also describes what God has done through him in people like Jeremy Camp. One story he shares in particular was paradigm shifting for Jeremy. Dave Buehring is the founder of Lionshare. For more information on Dave, visit Lionshare.org. This podcast is a production of Discipleship.org. Music credit: Tony Anderson (www.tonyanderson.com).

Tuesday Jul 12, 2016
Tuesday Jul 12, 2016
When Randy Pope was in high school, a disciple maker asked him if he wanted to be discipled in the ways of Jesus. He said yes. After meeting together for a year, that man asked Randy, do you want to it again next year? This time Randy had to disciple someone else, too. So Randy asked Bobby Cargo, who was younger than him if he wanted to be discipled. They started meeting together on a regular basis. Here's Bobby (who now goes by Bob) on what he remembers from that group, which Randy led about 50 years ago: Music credit: Tony Anderson (www.tonyandersonmusic.com)

Monday Jul 04, 2016
Monday Jul 04, 2016
Dann Spader founded Sonlife ministries while he was at Bible College because his professor challenged him to study the life of Jesus in order to find a template for how to disciple kids in his youth ministry. He did just that and applied what he learned from that study to his youth ministry in Chicago. This made such an impact that they named the youth group Sonlife. Jesus way of disciple making, the *Sons life* served as the foundation for how they discipled youth. In this episode, listen to Dann Spader with two guys he discipled, Mark Edwards and Dave Patty, describe their journey of disciple making. Music credit: Tony Anderson (www.tonyanderson.com)

Friday Jun 17, 2016
Friday Jun 17, 2016
Today's episode is about Jim Putman's story as a disciple maker. Jim tells about how he grew up as a pastor's kid. Even more, his father was a church planter. Jim started to notice the people in the churches his father led, and they didnt seem like the real deal to him. So I asked Jim when he realized that he wanted to see the gospel, not just hear about it. He told me about his relationship with his father, Bill, and how he discipled Jim into the faith... Music credit: Tony Anderson (www.tonyanderson.com)

Wednesday Jun 08, 2016
Wednesday Jun 08, 2016
This episode is Bill Hulls story of disciple making. Bill and Brandon Cook are the founders of The Bonhoeffer Project. They are devoted to creating disciple makers. Learn more about their project at http://thebonhoefferproject.com/. A few years ago, Bill hull was trying to figure out how to make a lasting impact for disciple making as he moved toward the fourth quarter of his life. He wanted to pass on his message to someone younger who could take on his mantle and carry on his ministry. He serendipitously met a guy named Brandon Cook at an Anglican baptism of all eventsneither of them were Anglican. That was their friendship, from which came The Bonhoeffer Project. Music credit: Tony Anderson (www.tonyanderson.com)

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.















