Lifeway Global is a leader in growing and connecting networks of Disciple Making Movements. These networks are taking the gospel to the ends of the earth.

Farah (2020) makes the distinction that DMMs are not anti-institutional but anti-institutionalization. Institutions add structural value to movements but, when applied improperly, can stifle multiplication (Farah, 2020). Disciple making movements are polycentric, characterized by multiple centers of sending and receiving (Farah, 2020; Handley, 2022). The central identity points are Jesus and the Bible, not a specific denomination or source church (Farah, 2020).

Our extensive network

Home fellowships are the heart of our movement. In places where traditional church buildings cannot exist—whether for cultural, security, or political reasons—small groups of believers gather quietly in homes. Families and friends open the Scriptures, pray, and share meals together. It is in this context of family and friend groups that the Kingdom of God is transforming lives. These simple fellowships are multiplying, becoming self-propagating, self-sustaining, and self-governing discipleship movements rooted in the New Testament pattern.

Local leaders emerge and are trained and coached to become part of the local movement network.

In The Fall of the Evangelical Nation: The Surprising Crisis Inside the Church, Christine Wicker writes, “Evangelical Christianity in America is dying. The great evangelical movements of today are not a vanguard. They are a remnant, unraveling at every edge. Look at it any way you like: Conversions. Baptisms. Membership. Retention. Participation. Giving. Attendance. Religious literacy. Effect on culture. All are down and dropping. It’s no secret…”

1. There is awareness that only God can start movements, but disciples can follow biblical principles to pray, plant, andwater the seeds that can lead to (a) book of Acts type multiplying movement(s).