ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Jesus didn’t tell us to simply make church attenders.
He told us to make disciples.
But what does that actually look like in our churches, our homes, our friendships, and our everyday lives?
In this episode of the Act Like Men Podcast, Wendell Morton and Eddie Bateman sit down with Mark “Moose” Bright, Director of the Relational Discipleship Network (RDN), for a powerful conversation about returning to Jesus’ model of relational discipleship and disciple-making.
Moose has spent decades in ministry helping pastors, church leaders, and believers move beyond programs and toward intentional relationships where people are known, challenged, equipped, and taught to become disciples who make disciples.
Together, they unpack an important question for the Church:
Are we actually making disciples—or are we simply gathering people?
• What relational discipleship really means
• The difference between a church attender and a disciple
• Why relationships are essential to spiritual growth
• Jesus’ model for making disciples
• Why discipleship is more than Bible knowledge
• Creating authentic relationships where men can grow
• Moving men from spectators to participants
• Why pastors and ministry leaders cannot disciple everyone themselves
• Equipping ordinary believers to become disciple-makers
• Building a disciple-making culture within the local church
• How discipleship changes marriages, families, churches, and communities
• Why the Great Commission still needs to be at the center of the Church
Moose also shares the heart behind the Relational Discipleship Network, an organization committed to helping churches develop cultures where disciples of Jesus intentionally make other disciples.
This conversation is especially important for pastors, men’s ministry leaders, small-group leaders, Christian fathers, and men who want to take greater responsibility for their spiritual growth and the people God has placed around them.
Discipleship isn't another church program.
It’s a way of life.
And if we want to see stronger men, stronger families, and stronger churches, we need men who aren't simply following Jesus themselves—we need men who are helping others follow Him too.
Be a disciple. Make disciples.
Act Like Men. Stand Firm in the Faith. Be Courageous. Be Strong.
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