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Read more about the article “A Brief Guide to DMM” by Chad Vegas
Disciple Making Movements (DMM) / Discovery Bible Studies / Obedience-Based Discipleship / Person of Peace

“A Brief Guide to DMM” by Chad Vegas

Chad Vegas' A Brief Guide to DMM has been one of the most popular critiques of DMM. Propempo International called it the "best critique of DMM to date." Vegas is the pastor of Sovereign Grace Church in Bakersfield, CA and the chairman of the board of Radius International. His DMM critique was originally posted on the Radius…

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June 11, 2018
Read more about the article “What Should We Think about Rapid Church Multiplication?” by Zane Pratt
Rapidity

“What Should We Think about Rapid Church Multiplication?” by Zane Pratt

In this article, Zane Pratt, vice president for global training for the IMB, addresses rapidity in church planting movements. His three key points are: (1) rapid multiplication is biblically possible, (2) rapid multiplication is not normative, and (3) rapid multiplication is something we should desire. Pratt cautions against sacrificing discipleship, the content of the gospel, and the…

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September 26, 2017
Read more about the article “A Missiology of Excluded Middles” by George Terry
Contextualization / Pragmatism / T4T

“A Missiology of Excluded Middles” by George Terry

When this article was published, George Terry was serving as a professor at Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary in Penang, Malaysia. This article, which critiques T4T methodology, recalls Paul Hiebert's famous 1982 article named "The Flaw of the Excluded Middle." Terry writes that T4T "undervalue[s] the influence of context" (p. 335) and contains too many false dichotomies (thus…

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August 1, 2017
Read more about the article Andy Johnson Interviews Two Asian Church Leaders
Numbers / Stats / Rapidity

Andy Johnson Interviews Two Asian Church Leaders

Andy Johnson is an associate pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. He interviews two Asian church leaders from Central and East Asia. This conversation is posted on the 9Marks website. Beginning at the 19:08 minute mark, the conversation focuses on the topic of church planting movements, namely the issues of rapidity and reporting numbers.…

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December 22, 2016
Read more about the article “A Strange Sort of Orthodoxy” by Adam Coker
T4T

“A Strange Sort of Orthodoxy” by Adam Coker

Adam Coker is a former missionary with the IMB and currently serves as Assistant Professor of History and Christian Studies at Brewton-Parker College. In this article, he shares his personal experience of being trained in CPM methods as a new IMB missionary. He then critiques T4T methodology using seven T4T problems as his outline: Making the method…

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November 1, 2016
Read more about the article “Persons of Peace” by “Bob”
Disciple Making Movements (DMM) / Person of Peace

“Persons of Peace” by “Bob”

This article by a Frontiers missionary in North Africa addresses the person of peace methodology advocated by David Watson and other DMM advocates. In this article, the author, "Bob," addresses the questions, "Did Jesus look for persons of peace?" and "Did Paul look for persons of peace?" Bob takes an extensive look at Scripture and argues that…

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October 21, 2015
Read more about the article “Should We Still Teach?” by “Bob”
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“Should We Still Teach?” by “Bob”

This is the most extensive article that I've read about the issue of teaching, a biblical practice that is forbidden by DMM proponents (at least in theory). "Bob," who serves in North Africa, summarizes this Radius International article by saying, "The New Testament includes a good deal of direct teaching" and "Reasons I have heard for discarding…

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October 21, 2015
Read more about the article Book Review of Jerry Trousdale’s “Miraculous Movements” (by Darren Carlson)
Book Reviews

Book Review of Jerry Trousdale’s “Miraculous Movements” (by Darren Carlson)

Darren Carlson reviews Miraculous Movements: How Hundreds of Thousands of Muslims Are Falling in Love with Jesus (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2012). Carlson says that the crux of the issue is Trousdale's hermeneutics. In addition to that, Carlson lists four theological concerns which include obedience-based discipleship, the definition of church, "where is the Bible?" and "where is the…

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August 1, 2015
Read more about the article Book Review of David and Paul Watson’s “Contagious Disciple Making” (by Ed Roberts)
Book Reviews / Disciple Making Movements (DMM)

Book Review of David and Paul Watson’s “Contagious Disciple Making” (by Ed Roberts)

Ed Roberts, a church planter in Central Asia, wrote a review of Contagious Disciple Making: Leading Others on a Journey to Discovery (Thomas Nelson, 2015). He says the book is "big numbers, small substance" and that he would only recommend it to others with "significant reservations." He does, however, point out several positives from the book, including…

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July 16, 2015