Creating a Disciple Making Culture: LEAD IT

Intentionally Leading Your Team to Be Disciple Makers

December 14, 2016

Change doesn’t start with an organization; it starts with you. – Jim Putman

In this podcast from Exponential East 2016, Riverside Church of Ft. Myers, FL Senior Pastor Bob Reed joins Real Life Ministries Senior Pastor Jim Putman (author of Church is a Team Sport, Real Life Discipleship and co-author of Discipleshift) and Luke Yetter of the Relational Discipleship Network, to discuss “Intentionally Leading Your Team To Be Disciple Makers.” Together they explain how to lead others into disciple-making relationships, modeling what healthy multiplicative discipleship looks like.

Don’t miss Exponential East 2017, where there will be multiple workshop tracks on discipleship and leadership.

Before you start doing discipleship, you have to be a disciple. – Jim Putman

Key “Lead It” Highlights:

  • Jesus’ method of discipleship
  • Creating a disciple-making culture
Creating a Disciple Making Culture: LEAD IT – Bob Reed, Jim Putman, Luke Yetter

Bob Reed is the Senior Pastor of Riverside Church in Fort Myers, FL. Bob and his family came to Riverside Church in February 2010 from Austin, TX. Bob’s passion in ministry is to make disciples that love and live like Jesus right where they are Monday through Saturday.

Jim Putman is the co-founder and senior pastor of Real Life Ministries in Post Falls, Idaho. Real Life was launched with a commitment to discipleship and the model of discipleship Jesus practiced, which is called, “Relational Discipleship.”

Luke Yetter is the Executive Team Leader of the Church Training and Development Team at Real Life Ministries and is the Executive Director of the Relational Discipleship Network. He oversees the RLM Church Planters, and provides training on local, regional, national and international levels.

Jim Putman

Jim Putman

Jim Putman is the founder and senior pastor of Real Life Ministries in Post Falls, Idaho. Real Life was launched with a commitment to discipleship and the model of discipleship Jesus practiced, which is called, 'Relational Discipleship.' Outreach magazine continually lists Real Life Ministries among the top 100 largest churches in America. Jim is also the founding leader of the Relational Discipleship Network. He is the author of three books, Church Is a Team Sport, Real Life Discipleship and Real Life Discipleship Workbook (with Avery Willis and others). Jim's passion is discipleship through small groups. He lives with his wife and three sons in scenic northern Idaho.
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