Disciplemaking begins at home. Parents who raise their children and teenagers to follow Jesus’ commands and actively make disciples are not just being strategic — they are forming the next generation of multipliers. Children can make disciples. Teenagers can make disciples. The everyday rhythms of family life are one of the most powerful training grounds …
Our role is not that of a parent, but a midwife. The new churches being born are not our babies—they belong to the local believers. If we try to take over and “raise” them ourselves, we interfere with the natural bonding and responsibility that must develop among the people God has entrusted with these groups.
While it can be uncomfortable, it is also an opportunity to return to a more biblical model—one where parents disciple their own children and young people are viewed not simply as consumers of programs, but as potential disciple‑makers themselves.
Throughout Scripture, rapid, organic growth often occurred in environments saturated with prayer, faith, and the miraculous. They were not dependent on outsiders.
Disciple Making Movements require a biblical and reproducible vision of worship—one that can multiply naturally wherever disciples gather.
Our Lord was direct and unashamed. Jesus didn’t spend years building relationships before calling people to follow Him. Often after a single encounter—after demonstrating the Kingdom in word and deed—He simply said, “Follow me.” The choice was theirs.
In many cultures, titles carry great significance. They communicate respect, identity, and status. Being called “Doctor,” “Pastor,” or “Reverend” often comes with special treatment—preferred seating, public honor, and assumed authority.
While these things are not necessarily sinful, they can subtly promote the opposite of what we are trying to cultivate in a reproducible movement of Jesus followers.
Jesus didn’t train His disciples through a weekly class. He lived with them. Day after day, He shared life, modeled obedience, answered questions, corrected misunderstandings, and sent them out to practice what they were learning. If we want to see movements multiply, we must shift our understanding of discipleship away from only meetings and toward deep, personal relationships.
When we ask for a miracle, we may fear being judged by the outcome. If nothing happens, will we seem foolish, dishonest, or spiritually weak? These concerns can quietly keep us from boldly asking God to work.
When our children were small, they loved being tossed into the air by their father. The higher they went, the louder their laughter—and the more urgently they cried, “Again, Daddy!” They trusted him completely. They believed in his strength to throw them and his love to catch them every time. Their joy came from total confidence that they would not fall. God invites us into that same kind of relationship.