Frequently Asked Questions

A Disciple Making Movement (DMM) is a rapid multiplication of disciples making disciples and churches planting churches that sweeps through a people group or population segment. It's not about addition—it's about multiplication.

Key characteristics:

• Multiple generations of disciples (4+ generations = movement threshold)
• Churches planting churches planting churches
• Simple, reproducible methods anyone can use
• Sustainable without outside resources or dependency
• Spreading through natural relational networks

Traditional discipleship often focuses on:

• Knowledge accumulation over obedience
• Expert-led teaching and programs
• Addition (one person at a time)
• Creating dependency on leaders

DMM focuses on:

• Obedience-based discipleship ("What will you do?")
• Simple methods ordinary people can reproduce
• Multiplication (disciples making disciples)
• Breaking dependency and empowering everyone

As Roy Moran says: "The more I talked, the less they did." DMM flips that script.

Addition: Linear growth where each new disciple requires your direct involvement. After 10 generations: 10 people.

Multiplication: Exponential growth where disciples make disciples who make disciples. After 10 generations: 1,024 people.

That's Kingdom math. If your disciples aren't making disciples, you aren't obeying the Great Commission—you're just doing addition.

A Discovery Group is a simple, reproducible process where people discover truth directly from Scripture through facilitated discussion. It's the engine that drives DMM.

The 6 Discovery Questions:

• How did you do obeying and sharing what you learned last week?
• What are you thankful for?
• What is the biggest challenge or problem you are facing today?
• Do you know someone you could serve this week?
• What is God saying? (Read, reread, retell, discuss)
• If this is God speaking, what will you do about it? Who will you share with?

Why it works: "If you can read it, you can lead it." No extensive preparation, no expertise required—just obedience.

Absolutely! In fact, Discovery Groups work beautifully with people who don't yet follow Jesus. They read the Bible together and discover God for themselves—without being told what to believe.

The Holy Spirit is the real teacher. Your role is to facilitate discovery, not deliver answers. We've seen Muslims, Hindus, and animists come to faith through Discovery Groups because they encounter God directly in His Word.

Typically 60-90 minutes. The beauty is in the simplicity—no extensive prep for the leader, no homework for participants. Just show up, read Scripture together, and discover what God is saying.

Groups usually meet weekly, and the rhythm of accountability ("How did you obey and share?") keeps momentum going between meetings.

You don't need a seminary degree or years of Bible training. If you can read it, you can lead it.

We offer:

• 7-week Habits of Replicating Disciples training (in-person or online)
• Weekly coaching calls
• 24/7 DMM AI Coach via WhatsApp for on-demand support

Everyone who has begun a movement has been coached. You won't be alone.

You'll have access to:

• Monthly coaching sessions ("Coaching Circles")
• DMM Community on Mighty Networks (global practitioners in 75+ countries)
• DMM AI Coach available 24/7 in 80+ languages

You're joining a global network of practitioners learning together.

Nothing

• Free resources: Videos, articles, podcasts, Discovery Group training
• Habits of Replicating Disciples: Varies by context (in-person or online)

Our philosophy: "Freely you have received, freely give." We're open-handed with resources because we care about Kingdom growth, not building our platform.

Simple steps:

• 1. Pray for God to lead you to a Person of Peace
• 2. Engage your community with compassion (words, wonders, works)
• 3. Find a Person of Peace (someone receptive, relational, and with reputation)
• 4. Invite them and their network to a Discovery Group
• 5. Facilitate using the 6 Discovery Questions
• 6. Replicate by training them to start their own groups

You can start within 2-4 weeks of training. Don't wait until you feel "ready"—ordinary people can do extraordinary things.

A Person of Peace is someone God has prepared to receive the gospel and open their relational network to you. Jesus sent His disciples to find them (Luke 10:6).

Three characteristics:

• Receptive: Open to spiritual conversation and the gospel
• Relational: Connected to a network of people (family, friends, coworkers)
• Reputation: Respected and influential in their community

When you find a Person of Peace, you gain access to an entire network—not just one person. That's how movements spread rapidly.

Perfect! You can integrate DMM into your existing church through a "Hybrid Church" model—combining "Come" (attractional) and "Go" (incarnational) strategies.

Roy Moran's Shoal Creek Church example:

• Sunday gatherings continue (Come strategy)
• Discovery Groups multiply in neighborhoods (Go strategy)
• Journey Groups for church members (70+ passages, 7 Journeys)
• Training and coaching for group facilitators

You don't have to blow up your church. You can add a multiplication engine alongside what you're already doing.

Yes. DMM is working in 75+ countries across diverse contexts—urban, rural, Western, non-Western, among Muslims, Hindus, animists, and secular post-Christians.

The principles are biblical and universal. The methods are simple and adaptable. The key is obedience, not expertise.

Common objection: "That's an Asian/African thing, not a Western thing." Reality: We're seeing multiplication in North America, Europe, and everywhere people are willing to move from expert to facilitator.

The more your disciples depend on you—your expertise, your teaching, your presence—the less likely they are to multiply.

Roy's devastating realization: "I'd trained my entire life to be the expert. But the more I talked, the less they did. My expertise was creating dependency, not multiplication."

DMM breaks that cycle by making methods so simple that ordinary people can reproduce them without needing you.

Traditional discipleship focuses on knowledge: "What do you believe?" Obedience-based discipleship focuses on action: "What will you do?"

Jesus discipled people to conversion, not the other way around. He said, "Follow me," not "Believe these doctrines first."

Every Discovery Group ends with: "If this is God speaking, what will you do about it? Who will you share with?" That's obedience-based discipleship.

We use simple, chronological Bible passages that tell the story of God's redemptive plan. The most common is Creation to Christ (17 passages).

Why chronological?

• Builds a biblical worldview from the beginning
• Works for people with no Bible background
• Lets Scripture interpret Scripture
• Reproducible—anyone can follow the sequence

After Creation to Christ, groups can continue with other passages or start new groups with new people.

Absolutely not! Ordinary people are the key to movements.

We've seen teachers, farmers, housewives, students, and business people multiply disciples in their natural networks. You don't need to be qualified—just willing.

If you can read it, you can lead it. Your "ordinariness" is actually your advantage because it's reproducible.

The DMM AI Coach is a 24/7 coaching tool available via WhatsApp in 80+ languages. It's like having a mentor in your pocket.

You can ask:

• How to handle specific challenges in your Discovery Group
• Questions about DMM principles and practices
• Guidance on finding a Person of Peace
• Help with training and multiplication

It's built on proven movement DNA from 75+ countries and adapts to your context. Access it anytime, anywhere.

Our mission is simple: Alleviate extreme poverty, hunger and spiritual thirst by catalyzing disciple making movements everywhere.

We exist to serve movements—not own them. We provide coaching, training, and community for gospel workers who are tired of addition and hungry for multiplication.

We win when leaders no longer need us. That's success to us.

Roy Moran's story:

"I planted Shoal Creek Church in 1995 using the attractional model. We grew to 800 people, but I hit a wall. The more I did, the less impact I saw. I was exhausted."

"Then I discovered DMM. I realized my expertise was my enemy. I moved from front stage to backstage, from expert to facilitator. We started Discovery Groups in neighborhoods."

"Now, ordinary people are multiplying disciples in their natural networks. My father-in-law came to faith through a Discovery Group, and you'd never question he's a fully devoted follower of Jesus."

"That's the power of multiplication. And it's available to anyone willing to obey."