A Disciple Making Movement (DMM) practitioner is always thinking about multiplication. Can those you trained, immediately train others in the same way?
If not, your training style may need to be adjusted. Everything you do in disciple-making must pass the test of reproducibility. We don’t get “rabbit” churches that multiply quickly when we complicate things.
Did you know that according to the House Rabbit Society, one pair of rabbits can end up with 4 million offspring in only 4 years? That is rapid growth!
Yet, many things stand in the way of this kind of rapid multiplication of disciples. The main problem is that we over-complicate discipleship and evangelism activities. We must keep our discipleship training simple, inexpensive, and easy to learn. Then we can quickly reproduce disciple-makers and trainers of trainers.
I’ve been running a training in Africa this week. We trained in one location and then moved to another. In the second location, I asked some of the trainees from the first one to help. They did part of the training instead of me. I was able to observe them, give feedback, and help them grow as trainers of trainers.
I am confident that they will be able to train many others in what they learned from me this week. There is great hope for launching a movement if we keep things simple and reproducible.
How are you doing at raising and releasing others? Do you hold on to training responsibilities or pass them quickly on to others?
2 Timothy 2:2 is our guide. Paul trained Timothy. Timothy trained faithful men. They trained many others.
“And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many
2 Timothy 2:2 NIVwitnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.”
That’s multiplication. That’s generational growth. It’s what we do in Disciple Making Movements (DMMs).
Who are you developing as a trainer under you? Who are you passing the baton to? Effective disciple-making involves a multiplication of trainers.
I would love to hear from you in the comments below or on the DMM Facebook page.
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I’m ready to receive the training.l need your friendship, your fellowship and your ministry work.l am pastor Joseph muriuki from mikinduri sub county in Meru county in Kenya.
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The work we have been commanded to do needs rabbit growth, and from your training, we do not need complicated discipline training but simple that can produce multiplication wherever we are. Trainers need to be refreshed and trainees also need to be ready to receive and apply what is being taught. With prayer, God will guide us on what to do.
God bless you, Cynthia, for your materials.
Lets walk together
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Wonderful!
I believe in DMM and have been teaching and promoting it since 2008 not only in my country but in several other countries. However, I have come to learn that my insistence on the rabbit church or disciple making methods need adjustments after hearing from you. I cannot afford changing that system among those we have been teaching years past. As a result, I would love you plan coming or sending a team that can join me give fresh orientation to other rising church planters and disciple makers? There are still virgin areas where we have not touched in my country.
I’m a trainer of the trainers. I have been training people on discipleship making as what Paul did with Timothy. We start
WHY HAS GOD SAVED US
°We have 4 commands and 4 calls ie a call from above, below, inside and outside and there verses
WHO?
°We should start with our families then those who are close to us and lastly those people far from us
HOW?
°We say our story ie our life before christ then How we come to Christ
FOUR FIELDS
FOUR SOILS
3RD GROUP FORMATS ETC
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Great stuff!
I have been training people on discipleship making. Our key verse is 2 Timothy 2 :2
People are trained so that they can train others. We 1st generation and now most of our groups are on 3rd generation.
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That is wonderful to hear Handson! May those groups you’ve begun continue to multiply and may those you’ve trained continue to train others!
I’m interested in this work for Jesus. I look forward in response to get trained as a missionary for Christ and the churches in the world. I’m willing to enroll on a scholarship for an advanced course training in church planting.
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We have limited scholarships, not full scholarships. Are you interested to enroll at a 90% reduced cost?
Great movement this training