SmallCircle Podcast

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, ...

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 multi...

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...

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 churc...

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 hel...

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, ...

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...

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 conv...

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 follo...

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 ...