m "The Word of God EXPLORING DMM —illuminated by the Holy 1. God can use the ordinary and untrained to Spirit of God—is enough to m 3. Leaders are developed as they lead. m 5. Movements of God start with prayer and The power of DMM m create the people of God." make disciples and plant churches. fasting. Rather than waiting for leaders to be formally trained before lies in its simplicity DMM works in the underlying conviction that every making disciples and planting churches, we have seen Before strategic plans, training, data analysis, and human believer can and should be a disciple maker. Rather than training be most effective when done in the field—especially resources, DMM asks believers to first and foremost rely DMM is something ordinary people can do with little reserving church planting and discipleship for those among oral learning cultures. Believers with no seminary on prayer and fasting. When we pray and fast first, we are education or financial investment. It empowers them to painstakingly qualified by seminaries, we have seen God use training at all can pray, fast, and sense God leading them humbled to depend on God and not ourselves. Our spiritual become vessels of God’s grace in reaching others. It is only ordinary people for his extraordinary purposes. By simply where to go, who to engage, and how. As these ordinary sensitivity is increased. God reveals Himself to us, and we possible by God’s divine intervention. obeying His Word, they are transformed into multiplying people serve, their true spiritual gifts and capacities emerge. join Him in what He is already doing. Our strategies and disciple makers who plant multiplying churches. There will As their responsibilities and efforts increase, they are coached initiatives become aligned with God’s purposes. We understand that this missional approach may be foreign always be a need for the biblical roles of overseers, shepherds, in areas needing reinforcement. m 6. The Church is its people. among the traditions of the Western world. But we’re and elders—spiritual leaders who encourage, coordinate, 4. When making disciples is the goal, okay with that. We’re not interested in the acronym. We’re and bless the efforts of the flood of believers released to obey m A limiting factor we have seen in traditional approaches is interested in getting the job done. churches will be planted. Jesus’ final command. that to be a “real” church, you must have a building. DMM Christians have hovered around 33% of the global m 2. Discovered truth is stronger than shared DMM doesn’t believe that attractional church models— is not opposed to churches having buildings. The point is population since the early 20th century. To deliver the good knowledge. people gathering in larger group settings, often in a that we are called to be disciple makers who make disciple news of Christ to every last people group, multiplication of building—should be done away with. These churches do makers. If every local body of believers must have a building, obedient disciples must be sustained. We have witnessed great The Word of God—illuminated by the Holy Spirit of have the capacity to accomplish vital objectives in Kingdom it will hinder the speed of church planting, if by no other gains toward this end through these simple biblical principles God—is enough to create the people of God. People are advancement. However, traditional approaches that operate means than finances. Believers everywhere can gather driven by prayer, fasting, and the Holy Spirit. shaped into multiplying disciples of Jesus through personal from the conviction that churches must be planted before anywhere: in a church building, in a home, beneath a tree, in and group discovery. This builds their faith on the authority disciples can be made should consider: is this the only a field, or even in prison. Overall, however, buildings will be FCM invites you to explore the following observations we of Scripture. There are appropriate times where teaching can approach needed? Is it possible that this model promotes a reality for many churches in many cultures. have made in our journey with the Lord. We ask that as you enhance continued discovery. However, an early reliance on passive attendance instead of obedient discipleship? What read, pray for God to open your eyes to what He is doing and teaching can stunt a disciple’s capacity to hear directly from should we do about the growing percentage of people who how you can join Him. God. Their faith becomes knowledge-based, dependent on are not responding to this approach, even in the West? Can teachers to reveal truth. In DMM, people simply learn to it scale globally to reach the 2.5 billion more people who will Remember that Jesus’ final command ends with this promise: be on the planet by 2050? “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” hear from God and obey. Because it was simple and led by Matthew 28:20 (NIV) the Holy Spirit within them, they are able to replicate the process and help others do the same. 12 How We Work 13 Comnimperibus erio magnis evenis nime nim quam ilic test omnim voluptat officid minullabo. It et audaest, cus dem invero beaquis