Purposeful entry; looking for person of peace / houses of peace

NOTE: All generations counted are NEW believers and new groups/churches, not EXISTING believers and churches.Existing believers/churches are labeled Gen 0 indicating that they are the baseline generation from which we arelaunching.

0 - DMM Team in context but no purposeful DMM plan or efforts yet

In MultiplyUs Conferences, we consider the terms, disciple-making movement (DMM) and church-planting movement(CPM), to be synonymous. (We recognize this is not a universally-held view, but we believe it to be more inclusive. Tofacilitate ease of communication, we'll use "DMM" here, but we respect either term and use them both in training.)

6. Reproducing groups or simple churches are intentionally formed as a part of the multiplying disciples process. Theintent in DMM approaches is that disciples, groups or simple churches, leaders and movements can multiply endlesslyby the power of the Spirit.

The focus is to make every follower of Christ a reproducing disciple rather than merely a convert.

The Bible does say that "the disciples multiplied," however -- Acts 12:24

4. Each disciple is equipped in comprehensive ways (such as interpreting and applying Scripture, a well-rounded prayerlife, functioning as a part of the larger Body of Christ, and responding well to persecution/suffering) in order that theymight function not merely as consumers, but as active agents of Kingdom advance.

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).

Disciples make disciples. That’s one generation. When a disciple makes a disciple who makes a disciple, that’s two generations. By the time you reach the third or fourth generation, the disciples may not know the name of the original disciple in the chain. Churches generate new churches. That’s one generation. When disciples who are part of one church make disciples who establish another church, and disciples from the second church make disciples who become yet another church, that’s two generations. This is how movement happens. This is how disciples and churches multiply into neighboring tribes and countries as the Spirit moves.

They invite “persons of peace” into a simple, inductive Bible study along with their family and friends.

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

Ultimately, those who become believers are baptized.

They gather as simple churches.

Local, indigenous believers who are living out a disciple-making lifestyle

They gather into teams with other believers and engage people who have not been reached with the gospel through prayer and compassionate service.

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.

Our Disciple Making Intensive (DMi) is a training pathway designed to equip emerging leaders with a vision to catalyse disciple-making movements (DMM). Throughout this journey, participants will learn to embody the core values, principles, and practical tools of DMM, gaining the “DNA” needed to lead effective disciple-making teams. This training transforms participants’ “head, heart, and hands” as they prepare to multiply new mission works in the specific fields—people or places—where God has called them.

Then on Friday, he brought the proclaimer to a large group. He is now the leader of that DMM team. Their number has kept growing.

Outreach Canada is made up of several ministry teams – all with their own unique contexts and specific focuses, spread across our country. What’s the common thread? How do we all fit together?  At Outreach Canada, we refer to ourselves as a “Family of Ministries”.  One of our newest additions to our family is our Disciple-Making Movements team (aka Becoming Disciples Who Multiply).

Our Disciple-Making Movements (DMM) team in also active globally. One example of this is a missionary involved in DMM training in two Asian countries serving 178 churches and 1500+ leaders.

This is a very important step. As I’ve talked to people connected to movements overseas or read some of their writings, I continue to hear something very surprising. They often say that their greatest resistance in making more disciples comes from “traditional Christians.” By traditional Christian, I think they just mean Christians who go to traditional churches and think everyone should do things the way they do things. The truth is that traditional Christians often resist what they don’t understand or don’t like.

consist of small groups that multiply into house church networks or form collective churches

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.

According to some, finding a person of peace is essential to a fruitful entry strategy for a missionary. However, this interpretation of Luke 10 is exegetically flawed, and following this philosophy to identify a person of peace is potentially dangerous.

While we're still early in the process, we now have a DMM team of 16, 30+ others trained, with many more to be trained soon.

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…”