The Disciple Standard Podcast sparks the conversations the church can’t afford to avoid.
In an age where shallow faith and cultural conformity often pass as discipleship, we believe it’s time to raise the standard. Hosted by pastors Aaron Mamuyac and Scott Vander Ploeg from Sunlight Community Church, this show is part rallying cry, part discipleship manual, and part therapy session for believers who are hungry for something real. What started as a side conversation between church leaders has become a growing movement to restore the clarity, power, and urgency of biblical discipleship.
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The Disciple Standard Podcast sparks the conversations the church can’t afford to avoid. In an age where shallow faith and cultural conformity often pass as discipleship, we believe it’s time to raise the standard. Hosted by pastors Aaron Mamuyac and Scott Vander Ploeg from Sunlight Community Church, this show is part rallying cry, part discipleship manual, and part therapy session for believers who are hungry for something real. What started as a side conversation between church leaders has become a growing movement to restore the clarity, power, and urgency of biblical discipleship.
The Disciple Standard Podcast sparks the conversations the church can’t afford to avoid. In an age where shallow faith and cultural conformity often pass as discipleship, we believe it’s time to raise the standard. Hosted by pastors Aaron Mamuyac and Scott Vander Ploeg from Sunlight Community Church, this show is part rallying cry, part discipleship manual, and part therapy session for believers who are hungry for something real. What started as a side conversation between church leaders has become a growing movement to restore the clarity, power, and urgency of biblical discipleship.
Subscribe and listen today!
Why This Podcast Exists
The modern church is facing a discipleship crisis.
Despite an abundance of programs, sermons, and Christian content, many believers remain spiritually underdeveloped, relationally isolated, and missionally disengaged. We believe the way forward is not louder hype or flashier services—but deeper, more honest conversations about what it really means to follow Jesus in today’s world. That’s why we created this podcast: to open up the kinds of conversations we wish more churches were having. No fluff. No fear. Just truth, grace, and guts.
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00:00 – The Boys Are Back: Meet Jerry, Scott & Aaron
01:30 – Jerry’s Legacy of Discipleship: 40 Years of Raising Leaders
05:00 – What Would They Say at Your Funeral?
07:30 – How One Student Called During Labor to Ask a Theological Question
10:00 – Why the World Delays Adulthood (and Why the Church Shouldn't)
13:00 – The Hutterite Mindset: Treating Kids Like Adults
16:00 – Spotting Future Leaders: Look at the Kids in the Background
19:00 – What’s More Fruitful—A Meeting or a Middle Schooler?
23:00 – The Real Priority: Investing in People Over Projects
25:30 – Sowing vs. Harvesting: Why Most Leaders Get It Backward
28:00 – Decentralizing Leadership: Why Multiple Preachers Matter
31:00 – Addressing Insecurity in the Pulpit
34:00 – Preaching, Power, and Letting Others Lead
36:00 – Youth Group as the Leadership Training Ground
40:00 – How Do You Know You’re Called? External vs. Internal Calling
44:00 – 58% Want to Lead for Jesus. Only 10% Have Been Asked.
47:00 – What Happens When You Ask, “Who Knows What God Can Do?”
51:00 – Limitless Potential: What If the Church Unlocked the Other 90%?
54:00 – Creating Systems and Spirit-Led Culture
58:00 – Greg, Jerry, and God’s Unexpected Plan
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What You'll Hear
Real talk for real disciples. Each episode dives into the issues that matter most—from spiritual formation and biblical theology to leadership, culture, relationships, and how to live as a disciple-making Christian in a distracted world. It’s unfiltered, often funny, and deeply practical. We also share how our 222Disciple process is helping everyday believers grow in the gospel, get personally invested in others, and become the kind of disciple-makers Jesus envisioned in Matthew 28 and 2 Timothy 2:2. If you’re ready to take your faith seriously and multiply your life in others, this podcast is for you.
Meet Your Host
Scott Vander Ploeg
Scott Vander Ploeg is the founder of 222Disciple and has been the senior pastor at Sunlight Community Church of Port Saint Lucie since 2004. He began this ministry in the early 2000’s, which was called Sunlight Discipleship Center at the time. Since then, he’s authored all of the lessons, is front and center in its tutorial videos, all while mentoring more than 40 people himself. The ever-expanding ministry has now grown to over 580 people under his leadership. He’s passionate about one of 222Disciple’s driving principles: disciples are called to be disciple-makers.
Meet Your Host
Aaron Mamuyac
Aaron Mamuyac brings over two decades of ministry experience and a deep love for discipleship to The Disciple Standard podcast. A long-time member and now pastor at Sunlight Community Church, Aaron has served in ministry for more than 11 years and was discipled under the faithful leadership of Scott Vander Ploeg. As an ordained Minister of the Word in the Christian Reformed Church, Aaron combines biblical depth with practical wisdom, helping listeners follow Jesus with clarity and conviction. Whether he’s unpacking Scripture, interviewing guests, or offering reflections from the trenches of pastoral life, Aaron brings a warm, insightful, and grounded voice to every episode.
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