Whats a movement?
When disciples make new disciples who make new disciples.
When churches plant new churches that plant new churches.
- A movement is powerful.
- A movement is generational.
- A movement is radical.
Matthew 28:19-20
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Vision becomes realization.
Possible becomes probable.
Unreached become reached.
Death becomes life.
We spark self-sustaining, indigenous disciple making movements. These movements multiply naturally and create a virtuous cycle of transformation from individuals to families to communities. We have seen the Holy Spirit move through disciple making and church planting.
Concentrated, passionate prayer is the core. We ask, and God answers. When we did this, here’s what God did:
TDMM for the last three years Achieved
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New Believers
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Baptisms
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New Leaders
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New Partners
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No. of Trainings
Key Initiatives of TDMM
Leadership Development
TDMM is fundamentally a leadership development process. Movements grow through a cascading stream of leaders at all levels. Ordinary people trained become the local leaders who grow these emerging movements in their communities. To support these local leaders, we train some coordinators how to bless and encourage them.
Assisting the Persecuted
In our region, persecution is common. Persecution and being an ambassador for Christ go together. While we avoid unnecessary persecution, we expect that, as Jesus sends us forth “like sheep in the midst of wolves,” we will face threats to our health, our jobs, our families, and our lives. “The Servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.” (John 15:20) When this happens to disciples in our midst, we move quickly to encourage them, provide for families whose breadwinners have been slain, and—when necessary—to resettle those who need to flee their villages.
Tentmaking
Our churchplanters—whom we also call “catalytic disciple makers”—move from community to community. As they do this, they usually meet their own financial needs using simple businesses. These businesses also connect them to the community in natural ways.To assist these churchplanters, TDMM provides some start-up capital.
Light and Life Center
TDMM has operated for more than ten years, spreading to more than 8000 churches and 15 generations of churches (churches planting churches). But we haven’t had a true home for our movement. We needed a secure location to which we can bring people for training, coaching, and prayer.
The Light and Life Center, which is almost complete, will house a Leader Training Center, a Regional Prayer Center, a Retreat/Care Center, a temporary “safe house” for the persecuted, the Center for International Training and Missionary Deployment, and a research, library, and computer facility.
