From Megachurch to Multiplication: A Church's Journey Toward Movement

The average cost per baptism in the typical American church is . . . you may want to sit down for this . . . $1.5 million.

“Around the world, the number one way DMMers find those interested in God is by serving them (healing prayer, kind deed, community service) while consistently, simultaneously, and culturally appropriately pointing to God.”

To explain how DMM can reproduce so quickly to reach millions of people, I shared with the church an analogy using elephants and rabbits. This analogy was introduced to me through the DMM Catalyst Training that I went through a few years ago. It goes like this: Imagine you have been asked to feed a village that is running out of food. You are given

Simply defined, focusing on God’s Word involves a regular pattern of reading, obeying, and sharing the Word of God.

A sailboat doesn’t get movement without the wind. The wind is the most important element in sailing, and if no wind is present, you aren’t going anywhere. The same is true with a movement of God. A movement cannot happen without the wind of the Holy Spirit. He is absolutely the most important factor in seeing a movement of God break out. Without hi

What have you been thankful for in the past week? 2.What has challenged or stressed you or anyone around you during the past week? 3.Is there anything this group can do to help with those challenges or stresses, or is there any other need we can meet together? At this point they’ll review the passage of Scripture from the last time they met. A few