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.
Recent Episodes
The Movement Starts Here: 2,000 Leaders in a Decade
This clip ...challenges the status quo, calls young leaders to step up, and casts a hopeful, gospel-centered vision for the future of the church.
If you’ve been waiting for someone to say it out loud—this is it.
00:00 – Welcome back + Scott’s European vacation
01:45 – Why Greece? Biblical geography + visiting Apollonia
05:00 – The Apostle’s Step + preaching where Paul once stood
07:00 – Slowing down as a pastor + spiritual discipline reflections
09:00 – Explaining Synod + what it is and how it works
11:00 – Why Synod 2025 matters: decline, sexuality, and the real issue
13:20 – 2017 overture: raising the alarm on denominational decline
15:00 – Multiply vision: 40 leaders in 10 years
17:00 – Strategy birth: how the 2009 crisis reshaped a classes
22:00 – 2023 overture fallout and planting momentum
26:00 – How overtures work + advisory committees explained
29:00 – Floor speech strategy: from frustration to motion
32:00 – Paul VanderPloeg’s “Mr. VanderPloeg Goes to Synod” video
36:00 – The funding crisis: Resonate’s painful announcement
39:00 – Church planting cutbacks & why it shocked the classes
41:00 – Scott’s floor speech clip: “We don’t lack anything”
47:00 – Gospel identity vs. blame + why decline must be addressed with action
52:00 – Jesus-centered leadership: problem-solving as gospel witness
56:00 – Multiply disciples. Multiply leaders. Multiply churches.
1:03:00 – Final floor motion: what passed and why it matters
1:06:00 – What’s next? Creating a denomination-wide plan
1:11:00 – Hesitations, leadership, and stepping into responsibility
1:13:00 – The 3-part plan: Disciples → Leaders → Churches
1:16:00 – Call to prayer + rallying the CRC for a gospel future
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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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