What is the Disciple-Making Movement?
A Disciple-Making Movement (DMM) is about seeing rapid growth in disciples who then make more disciples, inspired by Jesus' teachings and emphasizing obedience-based discipleship. These movements thrive on quickly multiplying small groups, fostering strong accountability, and empowering us as new believers to share our faith and start our own groups. By prioritizing organic growth over formal structures, DMMs aim to fulfill the Great Commission through self-sustaining networks of disciples.
Writings about Disciple-Making:
When persecution broke out in Jerusalem, many followers of Jesus fled—some as far as Antioch. The Hellenized Jews among them (particularly those from Cyprus and Cyrene) shared the Gospel with Hellenized Syrians (Acts 11:19–21). Those two distinct peoples within existing networks received the kingdom message…
We first started catalyzing a Disciple Making Movement (DMM) in 2011 in Bujumbura (Burundi) where I live. When we had 189 groups in seven generations, we did a baptism of around 800 people. One day in 2013, we were praying for various provinces we wanted to impact with the Gospel…
Whether you call it Church Planting Movements or Disciple Making Movements or Exponential Discipleship, it’s undeniable that we are witnessing the book of Acts unfolding afresh with 3000 coming to faith in one day…
We started by introducing the concepts through two sermon series at our church. The first sermon series was called “Meltdown: The Decline of the American Church” and it was based on the book, The Great Evangelical Recession by John Dickerson…
Since the release of our book, From Megachurch to Multiplication, we’ve had the privilege of training hundreds of pastors from across the country, and even some from around the world…
The megachurch movement has been one of the most exciting examples of church growth in the past few decades, impacting not only North America…