Making Disciples Naturally

Send us Fan MailIn this second of three podcasts with Navigator Doug Simmons, we hear practical advice on what it means to simply come alongside of someone, in a committed, loving and trusting relationship, to help them grow in Christ. Here are two resources mentioned in the podcast: Free download of the "R+2D+3A" illustration. Click here.Ways of the Alongsider by Bill Mowry. Click here. Bill Mowry's website and resources. Click here.

Send us Fan MailDoug and Laura Simmons are on staff with the Navigators (c) in the Kansas City area. They have a long and varied career of impacting lives for Jesus Christ. In this first of three podcasts with Doug, we learn about how God has worked in his life to multiply spiritual generations. He shares practical thoughts about making disciples who make disciples. 

Send us Fan MailWhere do I begin when I want to start helping someone else grow spiritually? What resources are available? What is disciplemaking all about? These are some very practical and Biblical ideas presented by a round table of four members of the Kansas Communities Ministry Team. Navigator (c) Resource "Seven tips for starting a discipleship relationship"

Send us Fan MailWhere do I begin when I want to start helping someone else grow spiritually? What resources are available? What is disciplemaking all about? These are some very practical and Biblical ideas presented by a round table of four members of the Kansas Communities Ministry Team. Navigator (c) resource "Seven tips for starting a discipleship relationship"

Send us Fan MailWhere do I begin when I want to start helping someone else grow spiritually? What resources are available? What is disciplemaking all about? These are some very practical and Biblical ideas presented by a round table of four members of the Kansas Communities Ministry Team. Navigator (c) Resource "Seven tips for starting a discipleship relationship"

Send us Fan MailRichard Spann shares insights on helping others grow.

Send us Fan MailIn this reprise episode, former Kansas Communities Director Richard Spann shares insights on the how's and why's of one-to-one discipleship. 

Send us Fan MailMr. Mike Bullok is a man who began life in challenging circumstances, but through God's faithfulness found the Lord and has served him faithfully for decades. Mike was adopted at age of 4 and grew up in Illinois and Missouri. After high school, he spent 3 years in the Marine Corps where he was greatly helped in his spiritual life by the Navigators. He spent 2 years in San Diego involved with the Navigators military ministry. He is a graduate of Missouri University (Columbia) and Dallas Theological Seminary. He taught for 5 years at Detroit Bible College as well as serving as their business manager. Most of his career was spent in hospital administration with Quorum Health Resources (previously HCA Management Company). He has been retired for 15 years. He and his wife, Dawn, have been married for 53 years and have 3 sons and 6 grandchildren. Mike currently teaches at his local church and at Eleos Ministries in Kansas City.Free download on Cultivating our Walk with Christ

Send us Fan MailMr. Mike Bullok is a man who began life in challenging circumstances, but through God's faithfulness found the Lord and has served him faithfully for decades. Mike was adopted at age of 4 and grew up in Illinois and Missouri. After high school, he spent 3 years in the Marine Corps where he was greatly helped in his spiritual life by the Navigators. He spent 2 years in San Diego involved with the Navigators military ministry. He is a graduate of Missouri University (Columbia) and Dallas Theological Seminary. He taught for 5 years at Detroit Bible College as well as serving as their business manager. Most of his career was spent in hospital administration with Quorum Health Resources (previously HCA Management Company). He has been retired for 15 years. He and his wife, Dawn, have been married for 53 years and have 3 sons and 6 grandchildren. Mike currently teaches at his local church and at Eleos Ministries in Kansas City.Free download on Cultivating our Walk with Christ

Send us Fan MailMr. Mike Bullok is a man who began life in challenging circumstances, but through God's faithfulness found the Lord and has served him faithfully for decades. Mike was adopted at age of 4 and grew up in Illinois and Missouri. After high school, he spent 3 years in the Marine Corps where he was greatly helped in his spiritual life by the Navigators. He spent 2 years in San Diego involved with the Navigators military ministry. He is a graduate of Missouri University (Columbia) and Dallas Theological Seminary. He taught for 5 years at Detroit Bible College as well as serving as their business manager. Most of his career was spent in hospital administration with Quorum Health Resources (previously HCA Management Company). He has been retired for 15 years. He and his wife, Dawn, have been married for 53 years and have 3 sons and 6 grandchildren. Mike currently teaches at his local church and at Eleos Ministries in Kansas City.Free download on Cultivating our Walk with Christ

Send us Fan MailRon Bennett serves as Senior Staff with the Navigators and is a world leader in discipleship thought and practice. He is our featured speaker for the 2026 Spring Men's Retreat. Info and registration for the retreat: https://kansasnavs.org/conferences/Ron's blog: https://www.rbennett.net/High Quest discipleship series: http://www.highquest.info/ 

Send us Fan MailRon Bennett serves as Senior Staff with the Navigators and is a world leader in discipleship thought and practice. He is our featured speaker for the 2026 Spring Men's Retreat. Info and registration for the retreat: https://kansasnavs.org/conferences/Ron's blog: https://www.rbennett.net/High Quest discipleship series: http://www.highquest.info/ 

Send us Fan MailWhat is the "conscience"? And more importantly, what does the Bible have to say about our conscience? How do we have a clear conscience? How does a conscience get "seared"? Got Questions Website (referenced in the podcast)

Send us Fan MailMr. Mike Bullok is a man who began life in challenging circumstances, but through God's faithfulness found the Lord and has served him faithfully for decades. Mike was adopted at age of 4 and grew up in Illinois and Missouri. After high school, he spent 3 years in the Marine Corps where he was greatly helped in his spiritual life by the Navigators. He spent 2 years in San Diego involved with the Navigators military ministry. He is a graduate of Missouri University (Columbia) and Dallas Theological Seminary. He taught for 5 years at Detroit Bible College as well as serving as their business manager. Most of his career was spent in hospital administration with Quorum Health Resources (previously HCA Management Company). He has been retired for 15 years. He and his wife, Dawn, have been married for 53 years and have 3 sons and 6 grandchildren. Mike currently teaches at his local church and at Eleos Ministries in Kansas City.

Send us Fan MailMr. Mike Bullok is a man who began life in challenging circumstances, but through God's faithfulness found the Lord and has served him faithfully for decades. Mike was adopted at age of 4 and grew up in Illinois and Missouri. After high school, he spent 3 years in the Marine Corps where he was greatly helped in his spiritual life by the Navigators. He spent 2 years in San Diego involved with the Navigators military ministry. He is a graduate of Missouri University (Columbia) and Dallas Theological Seminary. He taught for 5 years at Detroit Bible College as well as serving as their business manager. Most of his career was spent in hospital administration with Quorum Health Resources (previously HCA Management Company). He has been retired for 15 years. He and his wife, Dawn, have been married for 53 years and have 3 sons and 6 grandchildren. Mike currently teaches at his local church and at Eleos Ministries in Kansas City.

Send us Fan MailMr. Mike Bullok is a man who began life in challenging circumstances, but through God's faithfulness found the Lord and has served him faithfully for decades. Mike was adopted at age of 4 and grew up in Illinois and Missouri. After high school, he spent 3 years in the Marine Corps where he was greatly helped in his spiritual life by the Navigators. He spent 2 years in San Diego involved with the Navigators military ministry. He is a graduate of Missouri University (Columbia) and Dallas Theological Seminary. He taught for 5 years at Detroit Bible College as well as serving as their business manager. Most of his career was spent in hospital administration with Quorum Health Resources (previously HCA Management Company). He has been retired for 15 years. He and his wife, Dawn, have been married for 53 years and have 3 sons and 6 grandchildren. Mike currently teaches at his local church and at Eleos Ministries in Kansas City.

Send us Fan MailDo you struggle with your "quiet time" in terms of trying keep it fresh and interactive with our Lord? You're not alone! This great message by Mr. Elmo Joseph offers great advice on how to rejuvenate your "appointment with God," or quiet time.Click here to download the free handout "The Quiet Time: Ten Motivations and Guidelines to Consider" 

Send us Fan MailDo you struggle with your "quiet time" in terms of trying keep it fresh and interactive with our Lord? You're not alone! This great message by Mr. Elmo Joseph offers great advice on how to rejuvenate your "appointment with God," or quiet time.Click here to download the free handout "The Quiet Time: Ten Motivations and Guidelines to Consider" 

Send us Fan MailDo you struggle with your "quiet time" in terms of trying keep it fresh and interactive with our Lord? You're not alone! This great message by Mr. Elmo Joseph offers great advice on how to rejuvenate your "appointment with God," or quiet time.Click here to download the free handout "The Quiet Time: Ten Motivations and Guidelines to Consider" 

Send us Fan MailIn this special year-end edition of Making Disciples Naturally, we again ponder the mystery and beauty of Christ's first coming using this famous Christmas carol. 

Send us Fan MailMr. Gene Warr was a successful businessman in Oklahoma, who developed the real estate subdivision Warr Acres in NW Oklahoma City, among other ventures. He and his wife Irma made a tremendous impact on numerous people during their lifetimes. He was instrumental in starting the Baptist Student Union. He was a direct influence on Jim Morris, the founder of the Kansas Communities Ministry. This message is from a talk he gave to a conference to the Kansas Communities Ministry in 1988. Richard Spann's blog Starting Where You Are detailing the connection with the Kansas Navigators. 

Send us Fan MailMr. Gene Warr was a successful businessman in Oklahoma, who developed the real estate subdivision Warr Acres in NW Oklahoma City, among other ventures. He and his wife Irma made a tremendous impact on numerous people during their lifetimes. He was instrumental in starting the Baptist Student Union. He was a direct influence on Jim Morris, the founder of the Kansas Communities Ministry. This message is from a talk he gave to a conference to the Kansas Communities Ministry in 1988. Richard Spann's blog Starting Where You Are detailing the connection with the Kansas Navigators. 

Send us Fan MailRichard Spann, former Ministry Director for the Kansas Communities Ministry shares insights on being and making disciples in this message from a men's conference in Salina, KS in 2016. Download handout here.

Send us Fan MailRichard Spann, former Ministry Director for the Kansas Communities Ministry shares insights on being and making disciples in this message from a men's conference in Salina, KS in 2016. Download handout here.

Send us Fan MailMike Schmid, along with his wife Lorelai, ministered to countless service people over the years. They were on Navigator Staff and he was a pilot for the USAF. Hear how we, as ordinary people, can be used of God to minister to a wounded and lost world.The previous podcasts with Mike were episodes 243, 247, 248 and 249. Mike went home to be with the Lord in March 2024.  Download his free handout here to follow along with the message.

Send us Fan MailMike Schmid, along with his wife Lorelai, ministered to countless service people over the years. They were on Navigator Staff and he was a pilot for the USAF. Hear how we, as ordinary people, can be used of God to minister to a wounded and lost world.The previous podcasts with Mike were episodes 243, 247, 248 and 249. Mike went home to be with the Lord in March 2024.  Download his free handout here to follow along with the message.

Send us Fan MailDoug and Betty Benshoof served with the Navigators in Spain, then moved to San Antonio and developed a ministry among college students and young adults. He spoke to our ministry in 2009 about the importance of simply sowing the Gospel and not focusing on the "harvest." Engel Scale Resource

Send us Fan MailDoug and Betty Benshoof served with the Navigators in Spain, then moved to San Antonio and developed a ministry among college students and young adults. He spoke to our ministry in 2009 about the importance of simply sowing the Gospel and not focusing on the "harvest." Engel Scale Resource

Send us Fan MailDoug and Betty Benshoof served with the Navigators in Spain, then moved to San Antonio and developed a ministry among college students and young adults. He spoke to our ministry in 2009 about the importance of simply sowing the Gospel and not focusing on the "harvest." Engel Scale Resource

Send us Fan MailDr. Chris Majors is a long-time and respected member of our Kansas Communities Ministry Team. He had a thriving dental practice in Wichita for some 25 years when he decided to make a mid-life career change. God had prepared him for this for a number of years and it is exciting to see how God put those pieces together. In this podcast series, Chris shares how he served as an apprentice under his father-in-law's direction as he built his practice and how this experience helped him see discipleship as a similar process. You can reach Chris at [email protected] or via LinkedIn. 

Send us Fan MailDr. Chris Majors is a long-time and respected member of our Kansas Communities Ministry Team. He had a thriving dental practice in Wichita for some 25 years when he decided to make a mid-life career change. God had prepared him for this for a number of years and it is exciting to see how God put those pieces together. In this podcast series, Chris shares how he served as an apprentice under his father-in-law's direction as he built his practice and how this experience helped him see discipleship as a similar process. You can reach Chris at [email protected] or via LinkedIn. 

Send us Fan MailRod and Jane Fox work with Bridges International. In this podcast we hear about their ministry in helping international students. Here are some of the websites mentioned in the podcast: Conversation Art CardsJane Fox ConversationsEvery International

Send us Fan MailRod and Jane Fox work with Bridges International. In this podcast we hear about their ministry in helping international students. Here are some of the websites mentioned in the podcast: Conversation Art CardsJane Fox ConversationsEvery International

Send us Fan MailMark Scaffidi is Campus Ministry Director for the Navigators at Wichita State University and Mike Jordahl is Senior Advisor to the Collegiate Ministry Team with the Navigators. They will be our speakers at the annual Fall Discipleship Conference, October 4, 2025 at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Wichita. Download a Fall Conference brochure hereConference page, including online registration (when available) here. 

Send us Fan MailMark Scaffidi is Campus Ministry Director for the Navigators at Wichita State University and Mike Jordahl is Senior Advisor to the Collegiate Ministry Team with the Navigators. They will be our speakers at the annual Fall Discipleship Conference, October 4, 2025 at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Wichita. Download a Fall Conference brochure hereConference page, including online registration (when available) here. 

Send us Fan MailActs 13 is an example of how the Apostle Paul shared the Good News of Jesus with the people in Antioch of Pisidia. This young church, in today's southern Turkey, was on Paul's first missionary journey and was likely the church to which Paul wrote the letter to the Galatians. There are four principles we can learn and apply today from this passage: 1. Tailor the message to the recipient 2. Point to God's faithfulness in our own lives3. Focus on the resurrection of Jesus by sharing the assurance of salvation4. Keep the gospel message clear and simple: Believe in Jesus for eternal life (see John 3:16; John 6:47; John 11:25-26; 1 Timothy 1:16

Send us Fan MailWe are called to make disciples of all nations, but when it comes to our children, how does that apply and what does that even look like? This insightful podcast series with guests Michelle Stathopoulos and Sarina Young helps us think through the process of helping our children walk with the Lord and develop Christlikeness. While they would tell you they are not perfect and are still growing in this area, their comments are so helpful for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and even Sunday School teachers. Michelle's song for teaching the attributes of God. Lyrics found here. MomQ podcast: How can I build faith at home without overwhelm? with Abbey Wedgeworth (This is a helpful podcast relating to the same issues we are discussing.)

Send us Fan MailWe are called to make disciples of all nations, but when it comes to our children, how does that apply and what does that even look like? This insightful podcast series with guests Michelle Stathopoulos and Sarina Young helps us think through the process of helping our children walk with the Lord and develop Christlikeness. While they would tell you they are not perfect and are still growing in this area, their comments are so helpful for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and even Sunday School teachers. Michelle's song for teaching the attributes of God. Lyrics found here. MomQ podcast: How can I build faith at home without overwhelm? with Abbey Wedgeworth (This is a helpful podcast relating to the same issues we are discussing.)

Send us Fan MailWe are called to make disciples of all nations, but when it comes to our children, how does that apply and what does that even look like? This insightful podcast series with guests Michelle Stathopoulos and Sarina Young helps us think through the process of helping our children walk with the Lord and develop Christlikeness. While they would tell you they are not perfect and are still growing in this area, their comments are so helpful for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and even Sunday School teachers. Michelle's song for teaching the attributes of God. Lyrics found here. MomQ podcast: How can I build faith at home without overwhelm? with Abbey Wedgeworth (This is a helpful podcast relating to the same issues we are discussing.)

Send us Fan MailDennis and Sara Williams serve with the Navigators in the Detroit area and have been with the Navigators for over 30 years. In this very practical message from our conference in 2012, Dennis shares inspiring ways to help others come to know and love Jesus. Kansas Navigators

Send us Fan MailDennis and Sara Williams serve with the Navigators in the Detroit area and have been with the Navigators for over 30 years. In this very practical message from our conference in 2012, Dennis shares inspiring ways to help others come to know and love Jesus. Kansas Navigators

Send us Fan MailWhat does it mean to "know Christ"? Is this just an initial experience as we like to say, "I know Christ" or "He came to a saving knowledge of Christ"? Or is it something greater. Dr. Richard Spann shares from personal experience what all is entailed as we increase in our knowledge of Christ. Kansas Communities Ministry webpage

Send us Fan MailWhat does it mean to "know Christ"? Is this just an initial experience as we like to say, "I know Christ" or "He came to a saving knowledge of Christ"? Or is it something greater. Dr. Richard Spann shares from personal experience what all is entailed as we increase in our knowledge of Christ. Kansas Communities Ministry webpage

Send us Fan MailThis excerpt from our 2025 Spring Men's Retreat is from the first message by Mr. David Wooddell. David is on staff with The Navigators (c) and is the Kansas City Workplace Ministry director. He entitled his messages "Reflections on Discipleship from the Sermon on the Mount." You can watch or listen to all four messages at KansasNavs.org, then click "Media." At that page you'll find a search box. Just type in "Wooddell" or "Sermon" or "Mount" and the four messages will be available. 

Send us Fan MailThis excerpt from our 2025 Spring Men's Retreat is from the first message by Mr. David Wooddell. David is on staff with The Navigators (c) and is the Kansas City Workplace Ministry director. He entitled his messages "Reflections on Discipleship from the Sermon on the Mount." You can watch or listen to all four messages at KansasNavs.org, then click "Media." At that page you'll find a search box. Just type in "Wooddell" or "Sermon" or "Mount" and the four messages will be available. 

Send us Fan MailJack and Leigha Gandy are missionaries with Mission Aviation Fellowship, where Jack serves as a missionary pilot in Indonesia. They have devoted their lives to serve the Lord in this setting. In these three podcasts, they share honestly and vulnerably about how God has worked and is working in their lives to bring Him glory, in both the rewarding and challenging times. Mission Aviation FellowshipKansas Communities Ministry

Send us Fan MailJack and Leigha Gandy are missionaries with Mission Aviation Fellowship, where Jack serves as a missionary pilot in Indonesia. They have devoted their lives to serve the Lord in this setting. In these three podcasts, they share honestly and vulnerably about how God has worked and is working in their lives to bring Him glory, in both the rewarding and challenging times. Mission Aviation FellowshipKansas Communities Ministry

Send us Fan MailJack and Leigha Gandy are missionaries with Mission Aviation Fellowship, where Jack serves as a missionary pilot in Indonesia. They have devoted their lives to serve the Lord in this setting. In these three podcasts, they share honestly and vulnerably about how God has worked and is working in their lives to bring Him glory, in both the rewarding and challenging times. Mission Aviation FellowshipKansas Communities Ministry

Send us Fan MailMr. Brice Turner, entrepreneur and current President of Hornet Cutting Systems in Wichita, KS (https://hornetcs.com/), has served our country in military combat in Iraq. He saw God's faithfulness, even during very challenging times. He has a heart for the individual and a real desire to see men and women changed through God's Word and the Holy Spirit. He actively invests in men's lives and has a great perspective on making disciples. KansasNavs.org

Send us Fan MailMr. Brice Turner, entrepreneur and current President of Hornet Cutting Systems in Wichita, KS (https://hornetcs.com/), has served our country in military combat in Iraq. He saw God's faithfulness, even during very challenging times. He has a heart for the individual and a real desire to see men and women changed through God's Word and the Holy Spirit. He actively invests in men's lives and has a great perspective on making disciples. KansasNavs.org