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
Dec 14, 2017
Dec 14, 2017
1hr 8 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/
Dec 7, 2017
Dec 7, 2017
1hr 4 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/
Dec 1, 2017
Dec 1, 2017
1hr 13 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/
Nov 22, 2017
Nov 22, 2017
1hr 17 min
Download *Stay the Course*, a free eBook written by Brandon Guindon, Chairman of the Relational Discipleship Network Board of Directors. Visit http://discipleship.org/rdn to get your copy in PDF, Mobi or ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum. The theme was "Disciple Maker", and the Relational Discipleship Network hosted a track called "Relational DiscipleShift: How to Create a Disciple Making Church Culture".
Connect with Discipleship.org: https://twitter.com/disciplesforumhttps://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Connect with RDN:https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleShift1https://twitter.com/DS1Training
Nov 22, 2017
Nov 22, 2017
1hr 18 min
Download *Stay the Course*, a free eBook written by Brandon Guindon, Chairman of the Relational Discipleship Network Board of Directors. Visit http://discipleship.org/rdn to get your copy in PDF, Mobi or ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum. The theme was "Disciple Maker", and the Relational Discipleship Network hosted a track called "Relational DiscipleShift: How to Create a Disciple Making Church Culture".
Connect with Discipleship.org: https://twitter.com/disciplesforumhttps://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Connect with RDN:https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleShift1https://twitter.com/DS1Training
Nov 22, 2017
Nov 22, 2017
1hr 16 min
Download *Stay the Course*, a free eBook written by Brandon Guindon, Chairman of the Relational Discipleship Network Board of Directors. Visit http://discipleship.org/rdn to get your copy in PDF, Mobi or ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum. The theme was "Disciple Maker", and the Relational Discipleship Network hosted a track called "Relational DiscipleShift: How to Create a Disciple Making Church Culture".
Connect with Discipleship.org: https://twitter.com/disciplesforumhttps://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Connect with RDN:https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleShift1https://twitter.com/DS1Training
Nov 22, 2017
Nov 22, 2017
1hr 15 min
Download *Stay the Course*, a free eBook written by Brandon Guindon, Chairman of the Relational Discipleship Network Board of Directors. Visit http://discipleship.org/rdn to get your copy in PDF, Mobi or ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum. The theme was "Disciple Maker", and the Relational Discipleship Network hosted a track called "Relational DiscipleShift: How to Create a Disciple Making Church Culture".
Connect with Discipleship.org: https://twitter.com/disciplesforumhttps://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Connect with RDN:https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleShift1https://twitter.com/DS1Training
Nov 22, 2017
Nov 22, 2017
1hr 18 min
Download *Stay the Course*, a free eBook written by Brandon Guindon, Chairman of the Relational Discipleship Network Board of Directors. Visit http://discipleship.org/rdn to get your copy in PDF, Mobi or ePub formats.
The following audio comes from the National Disciple Making Forum. The theme was "Disciple Maker", and the Relational Discipleship Network hosted a track called "Relational DiscipleShift: How to Create a Disciple Making Church Culture".
Connect with Discipleship.org: https://twitter.com/disciplesforumhttps://www.facebook.com/discipleshipforum
Connect with RDN:https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleShift1https://twitter.com/DS1Training
Nov 16, 2017
Nov 16, 2017
1hr 12 min
The following audio comes from the 2016 National Disciple Making Forum with Discipleship.org. The theme this year was, Culture Shift, Back to Jesus Way of Disciple Making. Discipleship.org brought together 10 disciple making organizations all in one place, each organization hosting a different track. One of those 10 tracks was hosted by Final Command Ministries with James Forlines and his team. Heres audio content from Final Command and their track called, Viral Disciple Making Movements.
Nov 16, 2017
Nov 16, 2017
1hr 11 min
The following audio comes from the 2016 National Disciple Making Forum with Discipleship.org. The theme this year was, Culture Shift, Back to Jesus Way of Disciple Making. Discipleship.org brought together 10 disciple making organizations all in one place, each organization hosting a different track. One of those 10 tracks was hosted by Final Command Ministries with James Forlines and his team. Heres audio content from Final Command and their track called, Viral Disciple Making Movements.
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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