The Practical Missions Podcast
Pod #101 The Best Explanation of DMM You’ve Ever Heard!
The heart of DMM is the empowerment of ordinary people
There are no silver bullets in ministry, but there are strategies and methods to follow, learn from, and try out. Most of us are really familiar with DMM and DBS on a general level, but my guest today has some deep and wide experience on why DMM is good, what it is trying to accomplish, and what some of the hurdles are.
Timeline
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:00 Impassioned by the Kingdom of God
- 03:26 The reality of disappointment
- 08:54 The invitation to go deeper with God
- 15:22 Falling in love with missions
- 20:50 How DBS/DMM became so popular
- 26:55 What is a DMM?
- 31:00 Empowering ordinary people
- 37:21 Misconceptions of DMM
Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify
DMM is the idea that the discipleship process produces the church and not the other way around. The fruit of discipleship is the church. In the West, we tend to think of discipleship as a church program. In a DMM, the expectation is that everyone is an active student of Scripture, competent to reflect and share what they are learning; everyone is a doer of the Word. Everyone is thinking, God is speaking to me, how does this impact my life?
Pod #101 The Best Explanation of DMM You’ve Ever Heard!
The heart of DMM is the empowerment of ordinary people
There are no silver bullets in ministry, but there are strategies and methods to follow, learn from, and try out. Most of us are really familiar with DMM and DBS on a general level, but my guest today has some deep and wide experience on why DMM is good, what it is trying to accomplish, and what some of the hurdles are.
DMM is the idea that the discipleship process produces the church and not the other way around. The fruit of discipleship is the church. In the West, we tend to think of discipleship as a church program. In a DMM, the expectation is that everyone is an active student of Scripture, competent to reflect and share what they are learning; everyone is a doer of the Word. Everyone is thinking, God is speaking to me, how does this impact my life?
Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify
Timeline
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:00 Impassioned by the Kingdom of God
- 03:26 The reality of disappointment
- 08:54 The invitation to go deeper with God
- 15:22 Falling in love with missions
- 20:50 How DBS/DMM became so popular
- 26:55 What is a DMM?
- 31:00 Empowering ordinary people
- 37:21 Misconceptions of DMM
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