BONUS: The Power and Pace of Disciple Multiplication with Vick Green of Replicate

Most church leaders want to see disciples multiply. But are they prepared for the patience, perseverance, and cultural change multiplication requires? In this bonus episode of the Disciples Made Podcast, Brian Phipps sits down with Vick Green, CEO of Replicate Ministries, for an honest conversation about what it takes to build a movement-ready church. Vick explains why leaders are often drawn to the power of multiplication but struggle to accept its pace. Multiplication begins slowly. It requires deep investment in a few people, long-term commitment, and the willingness to prioritize personal transformation over immediate activity. Brian and Vick also explore the tension between engagement and empowerment. Strategies that make it easier for people to attend, participate, and connect can be valuable—but when those same strategies are applied to disciple-making, they can unintentionally weaken the commitment, ownership, and maturity required for multiplication. In this episode: • The three elements of a movement-ready church • Why every movement is preceded by a season of readiness • Why multiplication moves at a different pace than traditional programming • The difference between activity and transformation • Engagement metrics versus empowerment metrics • Why incomplete scoreboards create incomplete disciples • How to distinguish timeless principles from contextual practices • Why collaboration matters more than organizational competition • How pastors can begin by investing deeply in a few people The invitation is not to abandon engagement. It is to ensure that engagement ultimately leads people toward transformation, ownership, mission, and disciple multiplication. TAKE THE NEXT STEP Begin with the free Disciple Multiplication Capacity Assessment. It will help you identify where your church is strong, where multiplication may be getting stuck, and what your next faithful step could be. Disciples Made is also offering 25 free Mission Mapping Calls for 25 churches. Complete the assessment, and our team will review your results and help you identify a clear, focused path for your church’s next season. Take the free assessment: https://www.disciplesmade.com/assessm... LEARN MORE ABOUT REPLICATE MINISTRIES Discover more about Vick Green and Replicate Ministries, including resources designed to help churches build disciple-making cultures: https://replicate.org It’s time to break the addition addiction. Let's break it.