How would you feel if you went for an annual checkup and your doctor threw you a medical textbook and said, “you got this!” Most people would feel terrified in such a situation, and they wouldn’t want a seeker to feel that way in a Discovery Bible Study (DBS). That’s why it’s a common assumption […]
When we think of a disciple making leader, we often think of Paul as our model. His letters instructing young leaders how to make disciples all across Asia minor make up more of the New Testament than anyone else’s writings. They contain some of the most practical and strategic advice in all of the Bible,
“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” Matthew 2:1-2 (NIV)
In most Media to Disciple Making Movement (M2DMM) efforts, the Digital Responder is the first person to begin the process of filtering for Persons of Peace (POPs) among media contacts. The following tips were gathered by a group of M2DMM practitioners in North Africa and the Middle East to train Digital Responders.
The Visionary Leader, in a Media to Disciple Making Movements (M2DMM) context, is dissatisfied with the status quo of ministry. They are willing to wrestle with God to discover how to leverage the technology He has entrusted our generation to accelerate a DMM.
Making Movements (M2DMM) strategy is someone who is responsible for mobilizing and training a coalition or team for the face-to-face follow-up of media contacts
A Dispatcher in a Media to Disciple Making Movements (M2DMM) initiative connects seekers from the online conversation with a Digital Responder to a face-to-face relationship with a Multiplier.
A technologist is someone who can upgrade a M2DMM system as it grows more complex such as programmers, graphic designers, videographers, data analysts, etc.
A Marketer is a person who is thinking through an end-to-end strategy. Their job is to develop media content and create ads to identify true seekers and potential persons of peace whom Multipliers can ultimately meet with offline.
A Multiplier is a follower of Jesus who wants to help other people become followers of Jesus but are able to do it in way in which those people can go on and make disciples too.
