Bobby is the point-leader of RENEW.org and Discipleship.org, both collaborative, disciple making organizations. He is the founding and lead pastor of Harpeth Christian Church (by the Harpeth River, just outside of Nashville, TN). He has an M.A.R. and an M.Div. from Harding School of Theology and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of more than 12 books on discipleship, including Discipleshift (with Jim Putman and Robert Coleman), The Disciple Maker's Handbook (with Josh Patrick) and Becoming a Disciple Maker: The Pursuit of Level 5 Disciple Making (with Greg Weins). He lives in the greater Nashville area with his wife and near his children and grandchildren.SESSIONS
Bobby Harrington and Josh Howard will serve as Moderators in each Main Session/Forum.
MAIN SESSION/FORUM 1: Practice #1 — Convictional Leadership
In top disciple making churches, all the leaders bleed intentional, relational disciple making as their core mission—they are personally sold out to it.
Speakers: Joey McLaughlin, Ed Kang, and Jim Putman
Day / Time: Wednesday, 9:30am –11:00am
Location: Auditorium
Track Session 1: The Discipleship Gospel
The Gospel we preach will determine the disciple we get.
Time: Wednesday, 11:15am – 12:15pm
Location: Commons
Speakers: Bobby Harrington and Bill Hull
LUNCH Session - RENEW.org: Introduction to RENEW Network
(NOTE: To sign up for a lunch breakout you must first get the add on. Visit the 2025 National Disciple Making Forum to get a FREE breakout lunch. Lunch will be provided!)
Learn about resources focused on Jesus' teaching on Disciple Making.
Time: Wednesday, 12:15pm – 1:45pm
Location: Breakout 8
Speakers: Bobby Harrington, Jason Henderson,
and David Young
Track Session 2: The Role of Obedience in Disciple Making
Why the great commission teaches obedience based disciple making.
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm – 2:45pm
Location: Commons
Speakers: Bobby Harrington and David Young
MAIN SESSION/FORUM 2: Practice #2 — Contextual Model
These churches rigidly hold to and prioritize their unique, "simple, effective, and reproducible" disciple making model.
Speakers: Ed Kang, Jason Shepperd, and Shodankeh Johnson
Day / Time: Wednesday, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Location: Auditorium
MAIN SESSION/FORUM 3: Practice #3 — Core Expectations
These leaders expect everyone in their church—high expectations indeed—to be engaged in disciple making and in their disciple making model.
Speakers: Jason Shepperd, Lori Arnold, and Josh Howard
Day / Time: Thursday, 9:00am – 10:30am
Location: Auditorium
Track Session 3: A Simple, Reproducible Model to Teach People to Trust and Follow Jesus
Explore a simple, effective, and reproducible model for making disciples and equipping others to multiply.
Time: Thursday, 10:45am – 11:45am
Location: Commons
Speakers: Bobby Harrington and Jason Henderson
LUNCH Session - Renew University: Raising Up Ministers, Pastors, and Elders Within Your Church
(NOTE: To sign up for a lunch breakout you must first get the add on. Visit the 2025 National Disciple Making Forum to get a FREE breakout lunch. Lunch will be provided!)
Learn about RENEW University's online cohorts to gain a certificate in theology.
Time: Thursday, 11:45am – 1:00pm
Location: Breakout 8
Speakers: David Young and Bobby Harrington
Track Session 4: The First 5 Steps to Create a Disciple Making Church
Bobby will explain the first 5 steps every minister/pastor must make to transition a church to truly become a disciple Making Church.
Time: Thursday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Chapel
Speakers: Bobby Harrington
Track Session 4: Radical Discipling of the Next Generation
Learn practices and stories of Jesus Style Disciple Making of Young Adults.
Time: Thursday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Commons
Speakers: Bobby Harrington, Brett Andrews,
and Preston Conder
MAIN SESSION/FORUM 4: Practice #4 — Cultural Alignment
These leaders focus everything in the church, down to a micro-level, on 1) missional, 2) theological, 3) philosophical, 4) organizational, and 5) relational alignment for disciple making.
Speakers: Jim Putman and Shodankeh Johnson
Day / Time: Thursday, 2:15pm – 3:45pm
Location: Auditorium