LESSON 2: DMM INTRODUCTION
Review
What were your top takeaways from Lesson #1?
Intro to DMM
This training is an intro to DMM. In order to be successful you will need ongoing coaching, a peer accountability group, and repeated training. The most effective CPM catalysts went through this basic training multiple times! And they immediately started training others which helped them learn the concepts more thoroughly.
Review DMM Definition
DMM = obedience-based discipleship that sees disciples reproducing disciples, leaders reproducing leaders, churches reproducing churches, and movements reproducing movements.
- Obedience-based because we want the DNA of every DMM church to be about obeying what they learn (Great Commission).
- Multiplication is key – the only way to a movement is through reproducing at every level – disciples, leaders, churches, movements.
Sailboat Analogy
If you go sailing, you’ll need 2 things to happen in order to be successful. One thing you can control and one thing you can’t. You need raised sails, which you can control. And you also need the wind, which is up to God. The same is true with a movement. We must raise the sails by doing what God has said, but we won’t get movement without the wind of the Spirit blowing into our sails. The primary lesson here is that God brings movement, not us.
7 Ongoing Elements in a Movement (7 Ways to Raise the Sails for Movement)
1. Focus on God’s Word (palms up and hands together like a book)
2. Multiply Extraordinary Prayer (Cross arms like an X)
3. Cast Vision (like you're holding a fishing pole and casting line)
4. Train Believers to Go Out Among the Lost (like your curling dumbbells)
5. Go Out Among the Lost (point upward and to the side)
6. See Groups Start (hand roll)
7. Ongoing Coaching (baseball signals with your hands)
[Option to break into groups. Small groups ~4. Have them answer: As you heard the 7 Ongoing Elements, what is one of them that you are excited about growing in, and why? Give them about 5 minutes in small group.]
Examples of a Movements
In North India a husband and wife received this same 12 Lesson training (referred to in Lesson #1) and they heard God saying two things 1) “listen to me” and 2) find your Paul (you are Barnabas). They found a man who had planted 12 churches in 14 years. He was stunned he had never seen some of these strategies in the Bible. They began training other Indians and now God has started 70,000+ churches in 8 years (see the book Dear Mom and Dad by R. Rekedal Smith for the full story).
About 25 years ago, a traditional Indian pastor named Victor John left his church of 500 people to begin applying movement principles. He lived in a part of the world known as the “graveyard of modern missions” because of how resistant these people had been to missionary efforts. Victor John was mentored by an American missionary named David Watson. David helped him see these movement principles in the New Testament and it opened his eyes to a new way (really a very old way) of making disciples. In the first 4 years of applying these principles, they saw very little fruit and Victor John went through times of discouragement and doubt. In year 5, they saw their first church planted. In the 20 years since then, they have baptized over 10 million people and seen hundreds of thousands of churches planted. The movement is so large that they have to send in research teams to try to measure the impact (see the book Bhojpuri Breakthrough by Dave Coles & Victor John for the full story).
In the Horn of Africa, a team started 220 churches (primarily among Muslims) from 2002-2005. But the goal was to reach ALL of the Horn, so they set a God-sized goal of 10,000 churches. They made changes & began using some of these same principles we will be learning and they have seen God start over 5,000 churches among mainly unreached populations. The difference is that they accepted a God-sized vision and then were willing to make necessary changes.
Note that these movements are not perfect. A good amount of the New Testament was written to address the problems in churches that Paul and others started. These movements are messy. Obviously not all efforts happen this quickly or in such numbers. But many people have gone from no churches to some churches. And others have gone from just first generation churches to 20, 30, 40 churches with some second and third generation. We all want movements and we need to lay the right groundwork, whether we see the movement or not.
The world will never be reached by addition. It can only be reached through multiplication. We can see this in 2 Timothy 2:2 and in the book of Acts.
[Option to break into groups. Small groups ~4. Break them into small groups for 2 Tim 2:2 exercise. Give them about 10 minutes in small groups. Bring them back to talk about things that stand out & to introduce DBS.]
2 Timothy 2:2
Have 2 people read this out loud (ideally in 2 different translations).
Have everyone draw an illustration of what 2 Timothy 2:2 is talking about & then share it with the rest of the group.
What are some things that stand out in this verse?
- Pass on what you learn to those who will pass it on to others.
- Not a 1-on-1 process w/ Paul & Timothy as you might suspect (there were many witnesses who then passed it on to others).
- For disciple-making to become a movement there must be multiplication.
DBS - John 6:44-45
Before you begin with the passage for this week, ask:
- Can anyone remember and share in their own words the passage from last week?
- Did you DO what you said you were going to do and did you SHARE with who you said that you were going to share with last week?
- How did 1-1-1 go (one hour with Jesus each day, one hour among the lost, one hour in corporate prayer)?
Have 2 people read John 6:44-45 (ideally in 2 different translations).
Have everyone restate it in their own words (let the group help people get it right).
Discuss the following questions:
1.What does this passage teach us about God?
2. What does this passage teach us about people?
3. What does this passage imply about making disciples?
4. What should you do this week in response to this passage?
5. Who should you share with this week?
If you have time, discuss these questions in the large group:
- Who will teach us?
- What kind of people will come to Jesus?
- “What is the best way that you listen to and learn from the Father?”
- Can the Father work the same way with lost people? Yes!
Why do you think we start the DMM Training with these verses?
- Takes the pressure off us
- It’s God who draws people & we are just looking for those the Father is drawing
- Only God can start movements.
Challenge This Week
Partner with someone else in the group and prayer walk around your area of the ministry / focus area where you’re seeking to make disciples.
- Pray for the area and the people you meet. Specifically pray for workers - Matt 9:38.
- Pray for people to be drawn by the Father and that they would get a chance to listen and learn from Him.
- If natural, talk to people you meet and tell them what you’re doing (praying for the neighborhood). Don’t be “weird” but be open – perhaps you’re meeting someone God is drawing to Himself!
- Do this one or more times until the next meeting.
What were your top takeaways from Lesson #1?
Intro to DMM
This training is an intro to DMM. In order to be successful you will need ongoing coaching, a peer accountability group, and repeated training. The most effective CPM catalysts went through this basic training multiple times! And they immediately started training others which helped them learn the concepts more thoroughly.
Review DMM Definition
DMM = obedience-based discipleship that sees disciples reproducing disciples, leaders reproducing leaders, churches reproducing churches, and movements reproducing movements.
- Obedience-based because we want the DNA of every DMM church to be about obeying what they learn (Great Commission).
- Multiplication is key – the only way to a movement is through reproducing at every level – disciples, leaders, churches, movements.
Sailboat Analogy
If you go sailing, you’ll need 2 things to happen in order to be successful. One thing you can control and one thing you can’t. You need raised sails, which you can control. And you also need the wind, which is up to God. The same is true with a movement. We must raise the sails by doing what God has said, but we won’t get movement without the wind of the Spirit blowing into our sails. The primary lesson here is that God brings movement, not us.
7 Ongoing Elements in a Movement (7 Ways to Raise the Sails for Movement)
1. Focus on God’s Word (palms up and hands together like a book)
2. Multiply Extraordinary Prayer (Cross arms like an X)
3. Cast Vision (like you're holding a fishing pole and casting line)
4. Train Believers to Go Out Among the Lost (like your curling dumbbells)
5. Go Out Among the Lost (point upward and to the side)
6. See Groups Start (hand roll)
7. Ongoing Coaching (baseball signals with your hands)
[Option to break into groups. Small groups ~4. Have them answer: As you heard the 7 Ongoing Elements, what is one of them that you are excited about growing in, and why? Give them about 5 minutes in small group.]
Examples of a Movements
In North India a husband and wife received this same 12 Lesson training (referred to in Lesson #1) and they heard God saying two things 1) “listen to me” and 2) find your Paul (you are Barnabas). They found a man who had planted 12 churches in 14 years. He was stunned he had never seen some of these strategies in the Bible. They began training other Indians and now God has started 70,000+ churches in 8 years (see the book Dear Mom and Dad by R. Rekedal Smith for the full story).
About 25 years ago, a traditional Indian pastor named Victor John left his church of 500 people to begin applying movement principles. He lived in a part of the world known as the “graveyard of modern missions” because of how resistant these people had been to missionary efforts. Victor John was mentored by an American missionary named David Watson. David helped him see these movement principles in the New Testament and it opened his eyes to a new way (really a very old way) of making disciples. In the first 4 years of applying these principles, they saw very little fruit and Victor John went through times of discouragement and doubt. In year 5, they saw their first church planted. In the 20 years since then, they have baptized over 10 million people and seen hundreds of thousands of churches planted. The movement is so large that they have to send in research teams to try to measure the impact (see the book Bhojpuri Breakthrough by Dave Coles & Victor John for the full story).
In the Horn of Africa, a team started 220 churches (primarily among Muslims) from 2002-2005. But the goal was to reach ALL of the Horn, so they set a God-sized goal of 10,000 churches. They made changes & began using some of these same principles we will be learning and they have seen God start over 5,000 churches among mainly unreached populations. The difference is that they accepted a God-sized vision and then were willing to make necessary changes.
Note that these movements are not perfect. A good amount of the New Testament was written to address the problems in churches that Paul and others started. These movements are messy. Obviously not all efforts happen this quickly or in such numbers. But many people have gone from no churches to some churches. And others have gone from just first generation churches to 20, 30, 40 churches with some second and third generation. We all want movements and we need to lay the right groundwork, whether we see the movement or not.
The world will never be reached by addition. It can only be reached through multiplication. We can see this in 2 Timothy 2:2 and in the book of Acts.
[Option to break into groups. Small groups ~4. Break them into small groups for 2 Tim 2:2 exercise. Give them about 10 minutes in small groups. Bring them back to talk about things that stand out & to introduce DBS.]
2 Timothy 2:2
Have 2 people read this out loud (ideally in 2 different translations).
Have everyone draw an illustration of what 2 Timothy 2:2 is talking about & then share it with the rest of the group.
What are some things that stand out in this verse?
- Pass on what you learn to those who will pass it on to others.
- Not a 1-on-1 process w/ Paul & Timothy as you might suspect (there were many witnesses who then passed it on to others).
- For disciple-making to become a movement there must be multiplication.
DBS - John 6:44-45
Before you begin with the passage for this week, ask:
- Can anyone remember and share in their own words the passage from last week?
- Did you DO what you said you were going to do and did you SHARE with who you said that you were going to share with last week?
- How did 1-1-1 go (one hour with Jesus each day, one hour among the lost, one hour in corporate prayer)?
Have 2 people read John 6:44-45 (ideally in 2 different translations).
Have everyone restate it in their own words (let the group help people get it right).
Discuss the following questions:
1.What does this passage teach us about God?
2. What does this passage teach us about people?
3. What does this passage imply about making disciples?
4. What should you do this week in response to this passage?
5. Who should you share with this week?
If you have time, discuss these questions in the large group:
- Who will teach us?
- What kind of people will come to Jesus?
- “What is the best way that you listen to and learn from the Father?”
- Can the Father work the same way with lost people? Yes!
Why do you think we start the DMM Training with these verses?
- Takes the pressure off us
- It’s God who draws people & we are just looking for those the Father is drawing
- Only God can start movements.
Challenge This Week
Partner with someone else in the group and prayer walk around your area of the ministry / focus area where you’re seeking to make disciples.
- Pray for the area and the people you meet. Specifically pray for workers - Matt 9:38.
- Pray for people to be drawn by the Father and that they would get a chance to listen and learn from Him.
- If natural, talk to people you meet and tell them what you’re doing (praying for the neighborhood). Don’t be “weird” but be open – perhaps you’re meeting someone God is drawing to Himself!
- Do this one or more times until the next meeting.
Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscles of omnipotence. — John MacArthur