DA Horton argues that discipleship is essential to the life of a local church while reminding listeners that Jesus — not pastors — ultimately builds the church, releasing leaders from performance pressure.

He lays out a practical three-level strategy (inner circle, intermediate council, interdependent congregation), emphasizes balancing social and spiritual obedience, and offers concrete steps to train and multiply leaders.

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Ariyana Rimson teaches that disciple making is Christ’s command beginning with submission to God (James 4:7). She urges executing Scripture—not personal opinion—resisting the enemy, and modeling a Christ-following life through teaching, Scripture-based advice, and accountability. Using her S.U.B.M.I.T. framework (Submit, Understand, Boldness, Mutual submission, Invitation, Temptation/pride), she shows how humility, community, and gospel-centered relationships transform lives, especially in her work with women in recovery.

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Justin Gravitt and Roy of the Navigators Church Ministries discuss Jesus-style disciple making, coaching pastors, growing disciple making cultures, and partnering across denominations. They describe a three-circle process (leadership core, church culture, sending disciples), practical pathways for spiritual growth, workshops on relational discipleship, and resources to help churches become sending communities.

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Josh Howard presents a recorded talk from the 2026 pre-conference summarizing research on disciple-making churches and the seven core practices they share.

Those seven practices are convictional leadership; obedience-based, reproducible models; prayer and Scripture as the foundation; relational community; clear pathways and expectations; mission beyond the walls; and leadership alignment.

The episode explains how these principles work across different models, offers practical examples, and invites churches to apply the practices to grow a disciple-making culture.

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— The Disciple Maker’s Handbook: Seven Elements of a Discipleship Lifestyle
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Bobby Harrington unpacks research showing that 95% of North American churches lack a Jesus-style disciple-making culture, describing how consumerism, program-driven models, and unclear metrics have produced few reproducible disciples.

He also shares encouraging findings: nine Level 5 churches demonstrate that multiplication is possible through seven shared practices—clarity of mission, simple reproducible models, prayer and scripture, relational life-on-life discipleship, clear pathways, mission beyond the walls, and aligned leadership.

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Kerry Cox and Ashlee Catizon unpack a simple, effective and reproducible discipleship model used at Crossings Church: relational outreach, two-on-one personal Bible studies, intentional small-group culture, and clear, repeatable training that equips every generation to make disciples.

Learn how this approach moves people from unchurched to committed followers, produces young leaders who multiply the work, and keeps discipleship focused on lifelong repentance, baptism, and mission.

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This episode shares a recording on a simple, effective, reproducible disciple-making model used at Harding University. Hosts explain the five-step process: begin in prayer, invite face-to-face, set expectations, make a covenant, and follow rhythms of Jesus.

Listeners will hear how two-by-two groups, Oikos mapping, and coaching produce multiplication across campus and churches, leading to new conversions, baptisms, and a culture of mission. Practical examples and resources for training and church planting are included.

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This episode features a pre-conference session on organizing your church around disciple making, centered on 2 Timothy 2:2 as a blueprint for multi-generational reproduction.

Through real-life stories—from small groups and youth leaders to international churches in Japan—the speaker shows how to spot hungry leaders, invest in people, and build a culture that produces new disciple-makers.

Listeners will get practical principles for identifying, training, and releasing faithful followers so the gospel multiplies through ordinary relationships and intentional investment.

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— National Study: The State of Disciple Making Churches: A 10 Minute Visual Guide
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— The Disciple Maker’s Handbook: Seven Elements of a Discipleship Lifestyle
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Ralph Moore recounts the Hope Chapel story and teaches a simple, reproducible disciple-making model built around four questions used at personal, group, and leadership levels.

He explains how aligning weekend teaching with small “mini-church” groups, asking the four questions, and training leaders to reproduce groups led to massive multiplication—from 12 people to thousands of churches worldwide.

The episode gives practical next steps: teach through the Bible, model the questions with three trusted people, and start new groups by apprenticing leaders, emphasizing life-on-life relationships over programs.

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— National Study: The State of Disciple Making Churches: A 10 Minute Visual Guide
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— The Disciple Maker’s Handbook: Seven Elements of a Discipleship Lifestyle
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Josh Howard shares what it means to “own the mission” of making disciples. He recounts his time in India where local believers taught him what true discipleship looks like and why Western approaches often fall short.

The episode emphasizes personal commitment to living like Jesus did, mentoring others through practical obedience, and releasing control to multiply disciple-making movements. Josh challenges listeners to start small, invite others to walk with them, and prioritize being disciples worth reproducing.

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— The Disciple Maker’s Handbook: Seven Elements of a Discipleship Lifestyle
https://a.co/d/4ZHIbQz

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