Podcast
S5 Episode 6: Syndromes That Stall Multiplication (Part 2)
In Part 2 of Episode 6, Jason Phelps and Brian Phipps continue naming the cultural syndromes that stall disciple multiplication before it starts.
This episode explores three good things that can quietly become barriers to multiplication: teaching environments, church budgets, and community. The issue is not that classrooms, financial stewardship, or relationships are bad. The issue is what happens when they become central systems that train people to depend on the church instead of becoming mature disciples who walk with Jesus and help others do the same.
Jason and Brian unpack the Classroom Effect, Financial Handcuffs, and Community Is King syndromes — and invite leaders to consider whether their systems are forming consumers or multiplying disciples.
S5 Episode 6: Syndromes That Stall Multiplication (Part 1)
What if your church does not need better discipleship content?
What if you already have enough sermons, studies, curriculum, programs, and theological language — but the culture is still quietly training people not to multiply?
In this episode of Breaking the Addition Addiction on The Disciples Made Podcast, Jason Phelps and Brian Phipps begin naming the hidden cultural syndromes that stall disciple multiplication before it starts.
S5 Episode 5: The Scorecard (The Most Significant Battleground)
What if the greatest obstacle to disciple multiplication is not your preaching, your programs, or your people — but your scorecard?
In this episode of Breaking the Addition Addiction on The Disciples Made Podcast, Brian Phipps and Jason Phelps talk about one of the most important battlegrounds in the shift from addition to multiplication: what your church actually measures.
S5 Episode 4: The Gap Between Activity and Transformation
What if your church is incredibly active, but not actually producing transformation?
In this episode of Breaking the Addition Addiction, Brian Phipps and Jason Phelps talk about the gap between activity and transformation—and why programs alone do not multiply disciples.
S5 Episode 3 — The Powerful Deception of Successful Addition
What if the greatest obstacle to disciple multiplication is not failure… but success? In this episode, Brian Phipps and Jason Phelps explore the powerful deception of successful addition and why bigger doesn’t automatically mean deeper. Discover how churches can experience visible growth while still struggling to produce multiplying disciples—and why the metrics we celebrate quietly shape the culture we build.
Ep. 70 Redefining Accountability: Building a 360° Support Circle
What if accountability helped you grow, not feel guilty? In this episode, Brian Phipps and the Disciples Made team redefine accountability as a 360° support circle that fuels your spiritual legacy.

