2026 National DisciplE Making Forum

OWN THE MISSION

BECOMING DISCIPLE MAKERS
April 15th & 16th, 2026 | Church Project,
Houston, Texas
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THE FOUR MAIN SESSIONS

At this year’s Forum, our four main stage sessions will be led by these leaders as they will focus on their best practices…

Jim Putman -- The Disciple Making Problem in the Church Is a Leadership Problem.

Churches often overlook disciple making. Jim leads a church of 10,000 and a network of hundreds of disciple making churches. He knows disciple making leadership as well as anyone.  

Josh Howard -- Disciple Making That Works!

Josh currently leads disciple making movements in South Asia and he is part of the discipleship.org team that produced the groundbreaking research on the practices of 9 disciple making churches and networks. Discover the 7 practices that actually work.

Joey McLaughlin -- Our Disciple Making Culture.

Joey leads Elevate City and it was identified as one of North America's top disciple-making churches. Joey will share some of their best practices.

Chip Pugh -- Made to Win

Chip will explain what it means to win: being disciples of King Jesus and making disciples for Him. He led Rich Froning to Christ and CrossFit excellence, Chad Brinker (president of the Tennessee Titans) to Christ and football success, and now, as the Titans' chaplain, he's helping many embrace true winning.

Robby Gallaty -- I Am a Disciple Maker

Robby emphasizes Jesus' last words as his top priority. He's not only a disciple maker but also pastor of a massive disciple-making church (over 8,000 members) and leader of Replicate Network.

Jason Shepperd -- Own the Mission

Jason believes effectiveness stems from clear focus: each of us must own the disciple-making mission. He'll share what that means and how he applies it at Church Project.

Alice Matagora -- How to Save the World: Disciple Making made simple

Alice believes we save the world one person at a time through discipling relationships. As a key Navigator leader, she knows how to make disciples who make disciples.

Ralph Moore -- 4 Disciple Maker Questions

Ralph planted disciple making churches that spawned more, resulting in over 2,600 churches. He'll reveal how four key questions fueled this massive movement.

Chris Harper -- The Courageous Commitment

Chris understands men and true courage. He'll explain why nothing is more courageous than being a disciple who makes disciples.

Lori Arnold -- The Impact of Discipling Women

Lori serves at Real Life Texas, one of North America's top disciple-making churches. She loves discipling women who then disciple others, and she'll share insights on generational disciple making.

Ed Kang -- 2 Timothy 2:2 and Generational Disciple Making

Ed began as a recent Cal Berkeley grad in the 1980s, discipling men who discipled others. Now leading Acts 2 Network, he trains disciples who plant churches on college campuses across the USA.

D.Z. Cofield -- How Recommitting to Disciple Making Changed My Life

D.Z. was eyeing retirement until he embraced making disciples who make disciples, transforming his church and life. He'll share how he did it—and how you can too.

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Schedule Overview

Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
LOCATION: Church Project 602 Pruitt Rd, The Woodlands, TX 77380
8:00am – 9:30am : Attendee Check-in Begins
9:30am – 11:00am : Main Session/Forum 1 - Own Our Disciple Making Culture (WHY)
Jim Putman — The Disciple Making Problem in the Church is a Leadership Problem
Josh Howard — Disciple Making that Works?
Joey McLaughlin — Our Disciple Making Culture
11:00am – 11:15am : Break
11:15am – 12:15pm : Lunch Sessions
12:15pm – 1:00pm : Extended LunchBreak
1:00pm – 2:00pm : Track Session 1
2:00pm – 2:30pm : Extended Networking Break
2:30pm – 3:30pm : Track Session 2
3:30pm – 4:00pm : Break
4:00pm – 5:30pm : Main Session 2 - Own a Simple, Effective, Reproducible Model (WHAT)
Chip Pugh — Made to Win
Robby Gallaty — I Am a Disciple Maker
Jason Shepperd — Own the Mission
Bobby Harrington Jim Putman
Bobby Harrington & Jim Putman
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
LOCATION: Church Project 602 Pruitt Rd, The Woodlands, TX 77380
8:00am – 9:00am : Doors Open / Networking
9:00am – 10:00am : Track Session 3
10:00am – 10:30am : Break
10:30am – 12:00pm : Main Session 3 - Own a Simple, Effective, Reproducible Model (HOW)
Alice Matagora — How to Save the World: Disciple Making Made Simple
Ralph Moore — 4 Disciple Maker Questions
Chris Harper — The Courageous Commitment
12:00pm – 12:15pm : Break
12:15pm – 1:15pm : Lunch Sessions
1:15pm – 2:00pm : Extended Networking Break
2:00pm – 3:00pm : Track Session 4
3:00pm – 3:30pm : Break
3:30pm – 5:00pm : Main Session 4 - Own My Generational Disciple Making
Lori Arnold — The Impact of Discipling Women
Ed Kang — 2 Timothy 2:2 and Generational Disciple Making
D.Z. Cofield — How Recommitting to Disciple Making Changed My Life
Bobby Harrington Jim Putman
Bobby Harrington & Jim Putman
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OWN THE MISSION

BECOMING DISCIPLE MAKERS
2026 national disciple making forum
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April 15-16, 2026
Houston, TX
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THE THEME

Most Christians agree with the Great Commission and believe disciple making should be the church’s core mission. Yet, fewer than 5% of churches have a reproducing, disciple-making culture. And the number of individual Christians who personally own the mission of making disciples is shockingly small.

We want to change that. We want to help individuals and churches OWN the Mission! 

When you join the National Disciple Making Forum, you are going to learn the strategies used by the most effective disciple makers and disciple-making churches. 

THE GOAL

  • Equip everyday disciples to become disciple makers.
  • Help churches cultivate thriving disciple-making cultures.

For individuals, we are going to highlight the most effective disciple making models that individuals can adopt and apply.

For churches, we are going to share with you our most up to date research on the seven principles that characterize highly effective disciple making churches. 

Our National Disciple Making Forum is all about showing you how to personally make disciples—and how your church can become a true disciple-making church.

Our National Forum will be focused on showing YOU how to personally make disciples and how your church can become a disciple making church. 

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8 Strategic Breakouts

We’re thrilled to announce the breakout tracks for this year’s National Disciple Making Forum—designed to equip you with practical, proven disciple making strategies from top disciple making organizations.

Here’s a sneak peek at the 8 strategic breakouts you’ll experience in 2026:

These breakout sessions will give you the tools, frameworks, and inspiration to take disciple making to the next level in your church, small group, and daily life.

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What Attendees Say About the
National Disciple Making Forum
  • “Fresh perspectives, creative resources, and seasoned, godly people to glean from, make up this one-of-a-kind gathering for leaders, pastors and their teams – all with the simple aim of obeying Jesus to multiply disciple makers.”
    Dave Buehring
    Founder & President of Lionshare
  • “The National Disciple Making Forum is a unique event… bringing some of the best disciple-making ministries in the country together. Deeply motivating, very inspirational, and offering world-class training… I’d highly recommend bringing your whole team to make a life-changing investment in them.”
    Dr. Dann Spader
    Author: 4 Chair Discipling, Disciple-making Metrics, Founder: Sonlife, Concentricglobal.org
  • “I always come away refreshed, challenged, encouraged and grateful for new friendships and allies in our common ministries of disciple making.”
    Dr. Tony Twist
    President & CEO, TCM International Institute
  • “The National Disciple Making Forum helps protect a local church from theology that elevates anything above King Jesus and becoming like Him in every way.”
    Justin Gravitt
    Navigators Church Ministries
  • “The Christian mandate is to make disciples who can reproduce themselves, and the need to be equipped has never been greater than it is right now. Discipleship.org has pulled together the best disciple-making ministries in the country to help you do just that. I am blessed to be a part of it.”
    Dr. Neil T. Anderson
    Founder and President Emeritus of Freedom in Christ Ministries
  • “Coming to the Forum not only energizes us to be disciples and make disciples of Jesus, but it also equips us to make the Great Commission a reality. The National Disciple Making Forum is head and shoulders the most valuable gathering that I know of.”
    Steve McCoy
    smallcircle.com
  • “The conference challenged me to rethink how I disciple others, giving me practical principles to apply immediately.”
    Forum Attendee
  • “I appreciated the clear focus on disciple making and felt encouraged to take these biblical truths back to my church.”
    Forum Attendee
  • “The teaching was grounded in Scripture and helped me understand how to live out my faith more effectively.”
    Forum Attendee
  • “It was great to connect with other church leaders who are passionate about making disciples.”
    Forum Attendee
  • “The event inspired me to start new disciple-making groups and equip others in our community.”
    Forum Attendee
  • “Even though the conference was intense, I left motivated and equipped to grow in my own discipleship journey.”
    Forum Attendee

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