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
Mar 8, 2018
Mar 8, 2018
1hr 15 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 dot org. The theme was "Disciple Maker,” and Lionshare hosted a track called “The Holy Spirit and Transformation.” That’s where we recorded the audio for today’s episode.
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
Mar 1, 2018
Mar 1, 2018
1hr 22 min
Download the free sampler of LifeWay researcher Daniel Im’s new book “No Silver Bullet”. Visit http://discipleship.org/lifeway to get your free PDF.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme for this year was "Disciple Maker,” and LifeWay hosted a track called "How to Mature People Through Disciple Making". That’s where we recorded the audio for today’s episode.
Connect with Discipleship.org:
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
LifeWay: https://www.lifeway.com/
NewChurches.com: https://newchurches.com/
Daniel Im on Twitter: twitter.com/danielsangi
Daniel Im’s website: https://www.danielim.com
Feb 22, 2018
Feb 22, 2018
1hr 17 min
Download the free sampler of LifeWay researcher Daniel Im’s new book “No Silver Bullet”. Visit http://discipleship.org/lifeway to get your free PDF.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme for this year was "Disciple Maker,” and LifeWay hosted a track called "How to Mature People Through Disciple Making". That’s where we recorded the audio for today’s episode.
Connect with Discipleship.org:
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
LifeWay: https://www.lifeway.com/
NewChurches.com: https://newchurches.com/
Daniel Im on Twitter: twitter.com/danielsangi
Daniel Im’s website: https://www.danielim.com
Feb 15, 2018
Feb 15, 2018
1hr 1 min
Download the free sampler of LifeWay researcher Daniel Im’s new book “No Silver Bullet”. Visit http://discipleship.org/lifeway to get your free PDF.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme for this year was "Disciple Maker,” and LifeWay hosted a track called "How to Mature People Through Disciple Making". That’s where we recorded the audio for today’s episode.
Connect with Discipleship.org:
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Relevant Links:
LifeWay: https://www.lifeway.com/
NewChurches.com: https://newchurches.com/
Daniel Im on Twitter: twitter.com/danielsangi
Daniel Im’s website: https://www.danielim.com
Feb 8, 2018
Feb 8, 2018
1hr 8 min
Download “Beyond Accountability,” a free eBook written by Nate Larkin from Samson Society. Visit http://discipleship.org/accountability to get your free copy of this eBook in PDF, Mobi and ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme for this year was "Disciple Maker,” and two organizations—Radical Mentoring and Samson Society—hosted a track called “Men’s Discipleship.” That’s where we recorded the audio for today’s episode.
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/
Feb 1, 2018
Feb 1, 2018
1hr 14 min
Download “Beyond Accountability,” a free eBook written by Nate Larkin from Samson Society. Visit http://discipleship.org/accountability to get your free copy of this eBook in PDF, Mobi and ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme for this year was "Disciple Maker,” and two organizations—Radical Mentoring and Samson Society—hosted a track called “Men’s Discipleship.” That’s where we recorded the audio for today’s episode.
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/
Jan 25, 2018
Jan 25, 2018
1hr 5 min
Download “Beyond Accountability,” a free eBook written by Nate Larkin from Samson Society. Visit http://discipleship.org/accountability to get your free copy of this eBook in PDF, Mobi and ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme for this year was "Disciple Maker,” and two organizations—Radical Mentoring and Samson Society—hosted a track called “Men’s Discipleship.” That’s where we recorded the audio for today’s episode.
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/
Jan 17, 2018
Jan 17, 2018
1hr 13 min
Download “Beyond Accountability,” a free eBook written by Nate Larkin from Samson Society. Visit http://discipleship.org/accountability to get your free copy of this eBook in PDF, Mobi and ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme for this year was "Disciple Maker,” and two organizations—Radical Mentoring and Samson Society—hosted a track called “Men’s Discipleship.” That’s where we recorded the audio for today’s episode.
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/
Jan 11, 2018
Jan 11, 2018
1hr 5 min
Download “Invest in a Few,” a free eBook written by Craig Etheredge, the Founder and President of discipleFIRST. Visit http://discipleship.org/disciplefirst to get your free copy of this eBook in PDF, Mobi and ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme for this year was "Disciple Maker,” and an organization called discipleFIRST hosted a track called "Invest in a Few: How to Raise Up Reproducing Disciple Makers." That’s where audio for today’s episode was recorded.
Connect with Discipleship.org:
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Connect with discipleFIRST:
https://disciplefirst.com/
https://www.facebook.com/disciplefirst
https://twitter.com/disciple1st
https://soundcloud.com/disciplefirst
https://www.instagram.com/disciple1st/
Jan 4, 2018
Jan 4, 2018
1hr 3 min
Download “Invest in a Few,” a free eBook written by Craig Etheredge, the Founder and President of discipleFIRST. Visit http://discipleship.org/disciplefirst to get your free copy of this eBook in PDF, Mobi and ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum by Discipleship.org. The theme for this year was "Disciple Maker,” and an organization called discipleFIRST hosted a track called "Invest in a Few: How to Raise Up Reproducing Disciple Makers." That’s where audio for today’s episode was recorded.
Connect with Discipleship.org:
https://twitter.com/disciplesforum
https://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Connect with discipleFIRST:
https://disciplefirst.com/
https://www.facebook.com/disciplefirst
https://twitter.com/disciple1st
https://soundcloud.com/disciplefirst
https://www.instagram.com/disciple1st/
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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