You have heard about Disciple Making Movements using Discovery Bible Studies to rapidly reproduce disciples and groups. The purpose of this site is to give an overview of what these terms mean, provide links to ready-to-use resources, pass on stories and provide a place to think together. Please feel free to pass on your input.
Counter-intuitives of Disciple Making Movements
Start slow to go fast
Focus on few to win many
Share only where people are ready to hear
New insider is more effective than highly trained, mature outsider
Start with creation not Christ
It’s about discovery not preaching
Let the lost lead the Bible studies
Disciple to conversion
Prepare to spend a long time but anticipate miracle accelerations
It’s about discovering not teaching
The best time for a church to plant a new church is when it is new
No personal evangelism so that masses will hear - evangelize groups, not individuals
Focus on ordinary people not professional Christians
Expect the hardest places to yield the greatest results
Small for-profit projects often yield much higher long-term access and goodwill than charity or free services.