The Disciple Maker‘s Podcast

Check out Discipleship.org for resources on disciple making: https://discipleship.org/resources/  Join us at the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/  Why the great commission teaches obedience based disciple making.

Check out Discipleship.org for resources on disciple making: https://discipleship.org/resources/  Join us at the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/  Bill Hull and Renew.org explore how the gospel we preach determines the disciples we produce, arguing that conversion and discipleship must be joined. Drawing on Scripture, Bonhoeffer, and practical church experience, this session explains the gospel declaration, gospel response, and gospel benefits, and offers clear steps for defining and building a disciple-making church. Learn practical strategies for forming groups, training leaders, and teaching core disciple characteristics so churches can multiply committed followers who not only trust Jesus but follow Him.

Pastor DZ of Good Hope Missionary Baptist (Houston) joins the Disciplemakers podcast to share how he shifted a traditional, 153-year-old church from an attractional 'churchtainment' model to a disciple-making culture. He discusses raising expectations for membership, making discipleship a requirement, using life groups and digital tools, and investing in leadership to grow spiritually mature believers who make other disciples.They also talk about the National Disciplemaking Forum, practical first steps for leaders wanting to reset their church’s operating system, and the joy and renewed purpose that comes from aligning ministry with Jesus’ call to make disciples.

Join us for the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/ In this episode Ed Kang shares a 40-year story of collegiate church planting and life-on-life discipleship, explaining how close proximity, daily rhythms, and practical ministry contexts multiply disciples and launch churches. He contrasts program-focused church culture with relational, obedience-based training, and invites leaders to embrace community, authority, and team-based disciple making.

Join us for the 2026 National Disciple Making Forum: https://discipleship.org/2026-national-disciple-making-forum/ Check out the Church Disciple Making Culture Assessment: https://discipleship.org/disciple-making-culture/  Stay informed - Get our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hPViAr In this episode Josh and Bobby Harrington continue their conversation on the seven practices of disciple making churches, drawn from a study of nine high‑impact congregations. They unpack each practice. Listeners will find actionable guidance, real church stories, and resources (including the book and a national forum) to help their church move from attractional programming to a culture of disciples who make disciples.