Making Disciples with Robby Gallaty

In this episode, Robby and Chris talk about the idea of being a church that takes members on a pathway vs building out a menu of things to offer them. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why you need a structured plan to grow a church that is deep instead of wide. Why trying to grow a megachurch is only going to work 1% of the time. Why you must always being asking "what's next" when planning events. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "Do you have a map or a menu?" - @chrisswain73 "Most people grew a megachurch through additions of programs" - @rgallaty "At every event we plan, we ask: what's next?" - @rgallaty This Episode's Sponsor: With Ministry Grid’s library of over 3,000 training videos, it's now simpler than ever to train every volunteer and leader in your church. And this is training you can trust. Each Ministry Grid video features an experienced ministry leader who has been where you are now. Learn how to get unlimited access for you and your church at Mi

In this episode, Robby and Chris break down why years of focusing on evangelism has not led to disciplemaking in the local church. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why you should be following up with people you've baptized to see where they are on the discipleship path. Why salvation is a process and not a point in time. Why salvation is present and active. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "Many of our invitations would be foreign to Jesus and Paul." - @rgallaty "We've been preaching one side of the gospel message." - @rgallaty "There are many people who fill our pews who are clinging to a date in the front of their Bible as their only hope for salvation." - @rgallaty "You can't lose something you weren't good enough to earn in the first place." - @rgallaty This Episode's Sponsor: With Ministry Grid’s library of over 3,000 training videos, it's now simpler than ever to train every volunteer and leader in your church. And this is training you can trust. Ea

In this episode, Robby and Chris discuss how to create a system to make disciples in the local church. Replicate trains pastors all around the world, and this is the top question we always get. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How to implement processes to create the results you want to see. Why you should do an investigation of your discipleship system in your church. Why older churches can often struggle to making disciples when a new pastor comes on staff. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "What kind of process/system do you have in place to make disciples?" - @rgallaty "The challenge for leaders, once they recognize the process, is clearing the deck to implement." - @chrisswain73 "Discipleship is a map, not a menu." - @rgallaty Additional Resources: Discipleship Blueprint Training Digital Download Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Replicate E-quipping Cohort 5LQ Podcast Help Us Grow the Podcast: Please subscribe Leave a rating and

In this episode, Robby and Chris discuss how to get senior leaders at your church to buy into discipleship and disciplemaking. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Discipleship is the answer to our evangelism problem. What has to happen for discipleship to take root. Why learners are leaders. Why a church can be an "addition" church, but not be a multiplying church. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "What got us where we are today is not going to lead us where we want to go tomorrow." - @rgallaty "We want you to onboard a new operating system to your hard drive." - @rgallaty "The first step is for pastors to repent for not making disciples." - @rgallaty "You have to audit your processes to see if they are encouraging disciplemaking." - @rgallaty "The replication church grows by equipping and then sending." - @rgallaty "If you aren't investing in people, pray for a season of time for God to send you people." - @rgallaty Additional Resources: Discipl

In this episode, Robby and Chris look at the latest research on what are the challenges to disciplemaking and discipleship in the local church. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why disciplemaking is the key to being a healthy Church. Why you can't expect your people to do something you don't emulate. Why a lot of pastors don't have a vision for discipleship. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "Spiritual growth requires a lot of work." - @rgallaty "The goal of a Church is to produce disciples." - @rgallaty "We try to win people with convenience, and then wonder why people won't commit" - @ChrisSwain73 "Pastors who will champion discipleship from the pulpit are not engaging in it personally" - @rgallaty "Discipleship is not a class you take, but a course for your life." - @rgallaty Additional Resources: Discipleship Blueprint Training Digital Download Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Discipleship Blueprint Live Replicate E-quipping Cohort

In this episode, Robby and Chris continue the discussions on if we need the Old Testament when we have the New Testament. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why we can't "unhitch" ourselves from the Old Testament. Why New Testament can't be the only Testament for a discipling relationship. Why the New Testament needs the Old Testament. Why Jesus says He came to fulfill the Law. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "Words create worlds." - @rgallaty "Language creates culture." - @rgallaty "We have to read the Old Testament to understand the New Testament." - @rgallaty "We don't understand the Good News until we understand the Bad News". - @ChrisSwain73 Additional Resources: #39: Do We Need the Old Testament Discipleship Blueprint Training Digital Download Here and Now Book Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Discipleship Blueprint Live Ask Me Anything Podcast Help Us Grow the Podcast: Please subscribe Leave a rating and review

In this episode, Robby and Chris are joined by Kandi Gallaty to talk about her new book: Disciple Her. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why Kandi has a passion for making disciples among women. Why the Christian life is more than just a one time decision. Why the Kingdom of Heaven isn't just a future place. The step by step process of Discipleship. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "The wonder and the witness of God is the Holy Spirit inside of us." - @kandigallaty "My prayer is that women's ministry leaders would take this book and redesign how they do ministry." - @rgallaty Additional Resources: Disciple Her by Kandi Gallaty Here and Now: Thriving in the Kingdom of Heaven Today Accidental Genius Growing Up Discipleship Blueprint Training Digital Download Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network EST.church Podcast Help Us Grow the Podcast: Please subscribe Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts

In this episode, Robby and Chris discuss if we need the Old Testament when we have the New Testament. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: If we need to "unhitch" ourselves from the Old Testament. Why we need the Old Testament even if we are under the New Testament Covenant. Why we need to follow Jesus' model for disciple making. How Jesus calling the disciples to follow him was different than how it was done previously. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "The problem we have as westerners when we study the Old and New Testament is that we look at the New Testament as only a manual to follow." - @rgallaty "God didn't give us a manual to follow, but He sent a man." - @rgallaty "The Old Testament for Jesus was the only Testament." - @rgallaty Additional Resources: Discipleship Blueprint Training Digital Download Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Ask Me Anything Podcast Discipleship Blueprint Live Help Us Grow the Podcast: Please subscribe

In this episode, Robby and Chris discuss why pastors and leaders need to have fun in ministry to avoid burnout. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why ministry is the only place you have to win at home and at work. How you can enjoy ministry and still make a difference for God. Why pastors need a "Paul", a "Barnabas", and a "Timothy" in their life. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "What good is it to take the mountain for God, but hate the journey to get there?" - @rgallaty "Baptism is not the finish line, but the starting line." - @rgallaty "People in your church can tell if the ministry is a job or the passion of your life" - @rgallaty "Ministry is an easy place to be lazy. We have to be self motivated" - @rgallaty Additional Resources: Discipleship Blueprint Training Digital Download Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Discipleship Blueprint Live Help Us Grow the Podcast: Please subscribe Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts

In this episode, Robby and Chris discuss how games like Fortnite and PUBG relate to discipleship and disciplemaking. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why our kids are connected more to people online than they are their own neighbors. How games like Fortnite and PUBG can help foster relationships separated by distance. How technology provides a new avenue for relationship building. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "When it comes to discipleship, we need to meet in person as much as possible." - @chrisswain73 "Technology should support your discipling relationships, but not replace." - @rgallaty "A lot of Sunday School classes are just as unconnected as people playing games online." - @chrisswain73 Additional Resources: Bowling Alone Discipleship Blueprint Training Digital Download Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Ask Me Anything with J.D. Grear Help Us Grow the Podcast: Please subscribe Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts

In this episode, Chris and Robby discuss how to understand the Kingdom of God, and Robby’s new book: Here and Now. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why the Kingdom of Heaven in the future, but also present today When the Kingdom of Heaven was inaugurated. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): “90% of the time Jesus talks about the Kingdom of Heaven, He talks about a present reality”- @rgallaty “The Kingdom of Heaven was inaugurated at the coming of Jesus” - @rgallaty “If you a servant to a master, there is no “no” in your vocabulary” - @rgallaty “Most Christians have bought a bag of goods that told them get saved, say a prayer. Then we pat you on the back and say we will see you in 75 years in Heaven” - @rgallaty Additional Resources: Here and Now: Thriving in the Kingdom of Heaven Today Disciple Her: Using the Word, Work, & Wonder of God to Invest in Women Preaching for the Rest of Us The Forgotten Jesus: How Western Christians Should Follow an Eastern Rabbi Lifeway Leaders

In this episode, Robby talks to Chris about his recent trip to Israel, and why Christians should make a point to go in their life. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why Christians should take a trip to Israel Why Jesus acted more like an Eastern Rabbi than a Western Pastor Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "As you study the New Testament, you can't find any reference that Jesus ever visited Caesarea" - @rgallaty "Jesus knew that if he spent time with 12 men, He could change the world" - @rgallaty Additional Resources: JC Studies The Forgotten Jesus: How Western Christians Should Follow an Eastern Rabbi Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Discipleship Blueprint Training Digital Download Replicate E-quipping Cohort Israel Trip Information 5LQ Podcast Help Us Grow the Podcast: Please subscribe Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts

In this episode, Chris and Robby continue the discussion about sustaining a discipleship launch at your church. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How to capitalize on new beginnings in January. Why we live in the "3rd" culture. Our evangelism techniques have to evolve. Why pastors need a dedicated quiet time, but also need to be held accountable by a discipleship group. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "Our culture is dying for authenticity" - @rgallaty "The Christian life isn't an app, it's a process" - @rgallaty "Discipleship is the missing element for us to make an impact in the culture today" - @rgallaty "If we let this culture continue on its current path, we're going to have a bunch of people with a lot of apps on their phones with no satisfaction." - @rgallaty  Additional Resources: Replicate E-quipping Cohort Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network The One Thing Podcast Discipleship Blueprint Training Digital Download @rgallaty @

In this episode, Chris and Robby look at how to sustain a discipleship launch. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How to sustain new initiatives in 2019. Why baptism alone isn't the goal of the church. Why the early church didn't baptize people immediately. Why churches can't cater to the schedule of a busy culture. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "The early church often waited 3-4 years to baptize." - @rgallaty "The greatest turn off to the lost world is people who profess Christ with their lips and live another way. " - @rgallaty "We live in a culture of solutionism. If we take that model to the church, we lose our faith." - @rgallaty "As leaders in the church, launching new a year, the key has to be focused on discipeship at a micro level to have a maxiumum impact." - @chrisswain73 Additional Resources: Replicate E-quipping Cohort Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Group Answers Podcast Discipleship Blueprint Digital Download @rgalla

In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Tim LaFleur returns to continue the talk with Robby and Chris about mentoring emerging leaders. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Essential character qualities of emerging leaders. Why we need to lead the way Jesus led. How Long Hollow finds deacons. Why pastors aren't CEOs, and shouldn't act like it. Why teaching the basics of the faith are essential tasks for a pastor. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "Christian ministry demands that we lead like Jesus led" - @tim_lafleur "I've never heard a bad short sermon" - @tim_lafleur "Jesus had every right to be prideful, but he came to serve" - @rgallaty Additional Resources: Replicate E-quipping Cohort Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Tim LaFleur @tim_lafleur @rgallaty @chrisswain73 Discipleship Blueprint Digital Download EST.church Podcast Help us grow the podcast: Please subscribe Leave a rating and review on Apple P

In this episode, Chris and Robby look at making disciples in the traditional church setting. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How making disciples in a traditional church is different than a church plant. Why we don't need more information to become spiritually mature. Why the eastern culture has a different approach to learning than western culture. How to get your traditional church onboard with Discipleship. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "That model is a misunderstanding of how people learn" - @rgallaty "These guys could check every spiritual box, but they missed the whole thing" - @rgallaty "Knowledge without action is useless information"- @rgallaty "We have a tendency to guilt people into spiritual maturity" - @chrisswain37 "If your whole ministry revolves around one day, then your people's mindset will drift to think that is what church is" - @rgallaty Additional Resources: Replicate E-quipping Cohort Lifeway Leadership Podcast Netwo

In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Tim LaFleur joins Robby and Chris to talk about mentoring fellow pastors. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why you should spend time mentoring younger pastors. How to model Christ with your action to unbelievers. Why pastors need someone to invest in them. Why servant leadership is essential for pastors. Why you should model Godly behavior. Why you should be a lifelong learner. Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): "I knew a lot about God, but I didn't know God." - @tim_lafleur "I learned how to share my faith because I watched him." - @tim_lafleur "When he walked in, we didn't know if he was a pastor or a professional athlete." - @tim_lafleur "If you won't do a job without a title, you won't do it with a title." - @rgallaty Additional Resources: Replicate E-quipping Cohort Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Tim LaFleur @tim_lafleur @rgallaty @chrisswain73 Ask Me Anything with

In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, you'll learn more about the discipleship process for churches that are 250 people or less. Chris and Robby also discuss the upcoming Replicate Cohort. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: The importance of investing in your deacons. How to take a church on life support to start growing again. How to make an impact as a young pastor. How to get your people to trust your vision Shareable Quotes (#MakingDisciplesPodcast): It doesn't matter how small or large your church is, you need to invest in your staff. If you get them sold out to discipleship, it's a trickle-down effect. - @rgallaty Most pastors don't spend enough time with their people, so their people don't know and trust them - @rgallaty If you have an open gate, sheep won't go out unless someone else does - @rgallaty Shepherds smell like sheep. Pastors have been called to shepherd their people. If you don't smell like your people, are you really pastoring them? - @rgall

In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby and Chris look at discipleship in churches that are 200 or less members. Links Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network 5 Leadership Questions What is a HEAR journal? Replicate Cohort 00:00: Staff led environments 02:15: Part time thinkers 04:45: The Discipleship process 06:45: Staff business meetings 08:00: Why groups are important 09:30: The first group 11:00: The HEAR Journal 13:30: What if your staff doesn’t buy in?

In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby and Chris continue to take questions. Links Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network The One Thing Podcast F260 Replicate Cohort Time Stamps 00:00: Introductions 03:00: How do you help a busy staff implement discipleship? 07:45: Why pastors get burned out 14:00: Who is the great commission for? 15:00: First century discipleship 19:00: Replicate Cohort