The Disciple Maker‘s Podcast

In this episode Dave Buehring and Lauri Jarvis of Lionshare  shared their experiences of discipling children beyond just the basics. Bible stories are important. They're an essential part of helping children understand the life of Jesus, the heroes of the faith, and who God is. But we have to further than that. A new Barna report finds that to truly prepare our children for faith-filled adulthood,...

Dave Buehring of Lionshare  talked to us about feeling burned out while doing ministry that we think is what God wants us to do versus getting plugged into where God is already moving.

This episode features Dave Buehring and Grant Edwards of Lionshare giving a track session about discipling people into knowledge versus into obedience. The way the Western church has communicated spiritual truths has relied much more on what we are learning (the Greek model), than who we are learning from (the Hebrew model). Knowing Scripture is important but for life transformation to happen, we...

This is part 2 of a conversation  Freedom in Christ Ministries  had at our Forum this year on how your identity in Christ informs and enables you to have conversations about race.

How do we as believers respond to the heightened racial tension in our country today? Freedom in Christ Ministries believes that our spiritual identity, not our ethnic or racial identity should guide our conversations. Learn how your identity in Christ informs and enables you to have conversations about race and experience for your self what Freedom in Christ is all about.

Susan Freese (founder and president of All In Ministries International ) talked to us about healthy short term missions. You can more wisely steward your short-term missions to make a long-term impact with one addition: discipling indigenous women. Worldwide women believers do not know they are loved, valued, or have a divine purpose of enjoying God and exalting Him by making disciples. When you i...

Susan Freese (founder and president of All In Ministries International ) spoke about launching (or re-launching) thriving women's ministries. To encourage and equip women to fulfill their part in the body of Christ requires intentionality. Women's ministry in the local church is not meant to be superficial or siloed. With your support, women's ministry can be one of the most evangelistic, disciple...

I wanted to inform you of a couple d.org announcements: 1. The next National Disciple Making Forum is coming to Indiana April 26-27, 2023 at Traders Point Christian Church  Indianapolis. Get the super early bird special on tickets by clicking here  (sale ends soon). If you're interested in reading an article written by our point leader Bobby Harrington about the theme for the event, check it out h...

Dr. Carl A. Williamson (Assistant Professor, Endowed Chair of Discipleship and Church Planting at Harding University ) shares a proven model for discipleship that can be used in a variety of settings and places and is simple enough for anyone to get started right away.

This is Renew.org 's third track session at this year's National Disciple Making Forum and a continuation of the conversation between Paul Huyghebaert (lead minister at Grace Chapel Church of Christ ) and Shodankeh Johnson (part of the Core Team of New Generations ) about disciple making movement principles. Shodankeh shares amazing stories of church planting and disciple making movements in Afric...

This is Renew.org 's second track session at this year's National Disciple Making Forum. In this episode, Paul Huyghebaert (lead minister at Grace Chapel Church of Christ ) interviews Shodankeh Johnson (part of the Core Team of New Generations ) on how the North American church can adopt disciple making movement principles to see a movement break out in the States. Shodankeh shares key insights th...

This is Renew.org 's first track session from this year's National Disciple Making Forum. In this episode, Donnie Williams (lead pastor of Lifepointe Church ) teaches on what his church has done to switch from a more attractional model to a Bible centered model. He discusses what it looks like to combat culture's leanings though sound biblical teaching and Discipleship.

A child’s worldview is developed at a young age. Parents can and need to be present during this process along with partnering with church leaders to help disciple their children. Matt Markins (president and CEO of Awana ) gives us some practical tips for raising up children who faithfully follow Jesus. 

With the dramatic shift in technology and American lifestyles compared to the past, Matt Markins (president and CEO of Awana ) describes some "old maps" of doing things compared to the new ways of dealing with the difficulties that children face today.

This was BetterMan 's fourth track session at the 2022 National Disciple Making Forum. Chris Harper  (Executive Director) gets really practical in this episode about how to give men good theology through cohorts at your church.

This was BetterMan 's third track session at the 2022 National Disciple Making Forum. Chris Harper  (Executive Director) talks about the things we do that turn men away from engaging in church.

This was BetterMan 's second track session at the 2022 National Disciple Making Forum. Chris Harper  (Executive Director) gives insight on the importance of reaching men for Christ. He discusses what it looks like to be "good problems" as men for the sake of the gospel.

This was BetterMan 's first track session at the 2022 National Disciple Making Forum. Chris Harper  (Executive Director) taught us about giving men a higher calling - to become godly and lead their family and in their social context.

Matt Dabbs (director of the Discipleship.org Collective ) has a conversation with Rich Knopp who discusses his ministry, Room for Doubt . He conveys how this ministry ties into parents discipling and raising up their kids in the Lord. Join us in this great conversation around parents raising up their children in the Lord, and how Rich views his ministry impacting Discipleship.

We are taking a break from Sep 29 - Oct 17 to focus on the National Disciple Making Forum and to create new episodes for the podcast. Tune back in Oct 17 for more episodes. 

Matthew Dabbs interviews Alice Matagora about her new book "How To Save the World: Disciplemaking Made Simple" . Come see Alice speak at the National Disciple Making Forum in Nashville, TN by clicking here . 

This episode is part 2 of a conversation between Matt Markins (president and CEO of Awana ) and  Discipleship.org Collective Director Matt Dabbs on what it looks like to Disciple your kids to make a long term impact.

This episode features Matt Markins (president and CEO of Awana ) having a conversation with Discipleship.org Collective Director Matt Dabbs about discipling our kids and the things we must do to cultivate long-lasting faith within our children.

Justin Gravitt ( Navigators Church Ministries ) and Tony Miltenberger ( Spirit & Truth ) got personal with us about their experiences with disciple making cultures and shared with us 4 key points for beginning a process of shifting things at your church.

This episode features Dave Buehring (founder/president of Lionshare ) and Kevin Townsend (senior pastor of Sunnyslope Christian Center ) discussing the transformation that can happen within life-on-life discipling relationships.