The heartbeat of SmallCircle is to personalize disciple-making at a table for two. Across 150 countries, something is happening one conversation at a time. Hosted by SmallCircle Director of Global Relations, Carrie McCoy and guest appearances by founder Steve McCoy, the SmallCircle podcast invites you to pull up a chair and listen to real, unscripted conversations from the heart of SmallCircle's global disciple-making movement. Hear personal stories of disciple-making from SmallCircle trainers, directors, pastors and everyday people doing the work in their own communities, in their own languages, in their own corner of the world. Experience the impact of the very thing that Jesus told us to do, to go and make disciples.
Most of Jordan is under 25. Half the country is younger than that. And in a nation of 11 million, the number of true believers is measured in the low thousands. Rakan Milkonian knows what it feels like to be overlooked as a teenager. Bullied. Left out. Now 28, newly married, and part of the SmallCircle Team in Zarqa, he sits with teens one-on-one behind closed doors and does the slow, unglamorous work of listening and disciple-making. Not running programs. Building actual relationships in a c...
8 Jul 2026
Liberating Normandy Again: Mauricio
From the streets of Saint-Lô, Normandy — the “Capital of Ruins” after WWII — comes an extraordinary story of obedience, sacrifice, and God’s unexpected plans. In this on-the-go episode of the SmallCircle Podcast. recorded just minutes before catching a train, Steve and Carrie McCoy sit down with Pastor Mauricio Prunera in a car outside the Saint-Lô train station. Mauricio, originally from El Salvador, shares how he left a thriving youth ministry to follow his French wife sweetheart, Rachel ba...
2 Jun 2026
Throwing Plastic, Passing the Baton: Pastor Marty's Real Talk on Multiplying
Listen to a real-talk sit-down conversation between Carrie McCoy and Pastor Marty Ertel — a genuine Ohio pastor, disc golf course builder, and passionate disciple-maker. Marty shares how he’s blending his love for the sport with intentional one-on-one discipleship using SmallCircle tools. Marty opens up about his journey with SmallCircle, how the Xchange process helped him move from good intentions to generational multiplication. From meeting people through lost discs and sharing the gospel o...
19 May 2026
From Disciple to Disciple-Maker: Emily’s Story
Listen to this conversation of generational multiplication and the result of the slow motion pacing process of a Table for Two. What happens when discipleship doesn’t end at “graduation,” but creates a chain reaction that turns into a steady movement that keeps rippling forward? Carrie and Emily recently wrapped up their Xchange journey. Emily shares what it's like to step into her new role for the first time with her friend Taylor, navigating the shift from disciple to disciple-maker r...
10 Apr 2026
Planes and Trains: Europe
Join Steve and Carrie McCoy for a fun, honest, and unscripted “his and her” conversation as they share the latest stories from their whirlwind discipleship training trip across Europe. From London to Lisbon, Berlin to Paris, hear about powerful disciple-making moments: training hungry leaders in Portugal, nine hours with pastors and missionaries from 12 different countries in Berlin, and sharing discipleship with a church plant in Paris. You’ll laugh at their travel adventures dragging ...
10 Apr 2026
Disc Golf and Disciple-Making: A Perfect Match!
Enjoy this heartfelt conversation with professional disc golfer Evan Smith at the Eagles Wings Unchained Conference in Starke, Florida (January, 2026). Evan shares how disc golf became more than a competitive sport—it created natural space for deep friendships and authentic community while traveling the Pro Tour. He opens up about using the SmallCircle Xchange tool in a one-on-one relationship with his mentor Shane, which helped move conversations from surface-level topics to meaningful discu...
10 Apr 2026
One Size Fits All? - The Distinction of One-to-One
In this fun husband-and-wife episode, Carrie McCoy sits down with SmallCircle founder Steve McCoy to explore the unique power of one-to-one disciple-making. They explore how one-to-one discipleship is like a specialized spoon or fork — different from groups, yet complementary — and why trying to make groups do everything creates a “spork problem.” Drawing from Jesus’ ministry (crowds, the Twelve, and His deep “Jesus and John” relationship), they show how personalized discipleship comple...
9 Apr 2026
Live Locally, Think Globally: Senegal Summit 2025, Pt. 2
In this powerful second half of our conversation from the 2025 Senegal SmallCircle Summit, we sit down with Middle East Director Yazan Melkonian and Egypt Director Pastor Khalaf Barakat to explore the transformative impact of one-to-one discipleship in the Arab world. Yazan shares how the SmallCircle tools rekindled Khalaf’s passion for personal discipleship—something he experienced decades ago but found missing in many Egyptian churches despite strong large-group ministries and small groups....
9 Apr 2026
Live Locally, Think Globally: Senegal Summit 2025, Pt. 1
In this special two-part episode, Steve and Carrie McCoy sit down in Dakar, Senegal, during the 2025 SmallCircle Summit with two key leaders from the Arabic world: Yazan Melkonian, SmallCircle’s regional director in the Middle East and elder at Grace Baptist Church in Jordan, and Pastor Khalif Barakat, head of the Baptist Convention of Egypt and pastor of the Baptist Church of Alexandria. With Yazan translating, the conversation dives deep into the current state of discipleship across E...
9 Apr 2026
The First Table for Two: How It All Began
In this special first episode of the SmallCircle Podcast, Carrie McCoy sits down with her husband and founder of SmallCircle Steve McCoy for a personal, heartfelt conversation about how SmallCircle began. Steve shares the powerful story that started it all — back in 1982 in Boston, as a young man searching for God, when a pastor named Titus tapped him on the shoulder and invited him to “a table for two.” What followed was an extraordinary season of patient, personal discipleship that changed ...
9 Apr 2026
Welcome to SmallCircle Podcast (Trailer)
Across 150 countries, something is happening one conversation at a time. Hosted by SmallCircle Director of Global Relations, Carrie McCoy and guest appearances by founder Steve McCoy, the SmallCircle podcast takes you behind the scenes–into the unscripted moments, unexpected connections, and real stories of disciple-makers doing the work in their own communities, in their own languages, in their own corner of the world. Thank you for listening! Follow the SmallCircle Podcast for more on one-t...
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