H3X

If you want multiplication, you can’t just aim at mature disciples or healthy churches and assume the other will magically appear. In this solo episode, Mark argues that leaders are the missing link between disciples and churches, and real leaders are formed through responsibility, not just information. The episode presses into why charisma creates false starts, why faithfulness has to be proven locally, and why disciple-making DNA and church stewardship both matter. If you’re tired of training people who can explain the vision but don’t actually carry the work, this one gives you language and a diagnostic.- Save Your Seat for the "The Aquila and Priscilla Pattern" 45 Min Zoom Lab next month: ⁠https://covomultipliers.com/s/Re6np6- Find Dave on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@damillertime⁠⁠⁠⁠- And Mark on Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples⁠

This episode pushes into the tension many practitioners feel: should you aim at making disciples, starting churches, or both? Mark and Dave argue that what you aim for is usually what you reproduce, so vague language creates vague outcomes.

They unpack why disciple-making without a church pathway often stalls before leadership, and why church planting without disciple-making DNA creates gatherings that don’t multiply. You’ll walk away with a sharper way to diagnose your work, clarify the goal downstream, and build a pathway from lost to leader and from church start to church health.

• Save Your Seat for the "The Aquila and Priscilla Pattern" 45 Min Zoom Lab next month: ⁠https://covomultipliers.com/s/Re6np6
• Find Dave on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@damillertime⁠⁠⁠⁠
• And Mark on Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples⁠

Most disciple-making training fails because people hear the content but never see it lived. In this episode, Mark and Dave unpack why information alone does not create competent disciple-makers, and why most people need reps, "withness," accountability, and temporary incompetence. The two-church model gives ordinary believers a way to learn church by participating in one gathering while starting rhythms with people in their own world. If you have ever felt stuck after a training, this episode shows why the problem may not be your desire, but the environment you are learning in.

• Save Your Seat for the "The Aquila and Priscilla Pattern" 45 Min Zoom Lab next month: ⁠https://covomultipliers.com/s/JKnBpb
• Find Dave on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@damillertime⁠⁠⁠⁠
• And Mark on Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples⁠

Most of us don’t mean to read the New Testament backwards, but we often start with Paul’s conclusions before we understand the story he was living inside. In this episode, Mark and Dave show how the Gospels and Acts give the framework, while the letters make more sense when they are placed back into the movement story.You’ll hear why this changes how you read Galatians, Romans, disciple-making, conflict, leadership development, and even the growth of Paul himself.If you’ve ever felt pressure to make disciples instantly or felt confused about how the early church actually multiplied, this episode will help you slow down and read the New Testament forward.

• Save Your Seat for the "Aquila & Priscilla Pattern" 45 Min Zoom Lab next month: ⁠https://covomultipliers.com/s/JKnBpb
• Find Dave on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@damillertime⁠⁠⁠⁠
• And Mark on Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples⁠

Most discipleship stalls because people only see the lesson, not the life behind it. In this episode, Mark, Dave, and Marcus unpack what happened when a group of young disciples joined a real ministry trip from New York City to Connecticut and the deepest formation happened in the car.

You’ll learn why shared rhythms, relational margin, and doing ministry together reveal questions that scheduled meetings rarely reach. The conversation gives you a practical way to move disciples from learning tools to becoming leaders who can enter new places and make disciples themselves.

• Save Your Seat for our hands on 45 Min Zoom Lab next month: ⁠https://covomultipliers.com/s/JKnBpb
• Find Dave on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@damillertime⁠⁠⁠⁠
• And Mark on Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples⁠

What if disciple-making is not mainly something you add to your calendar, but something you learn to do with people in the normal flow of life?

In this episode, Mark and Dave unpack the rhythms of multiplying leaders by looking at Jesus, Levi, business deliveries, prayer at Topgolf, and the subtle power of “withness.” You’ll hear why classroom teaching alone can’t form disciple-makers and why real leadership development happens while people watch, ask, imitate, and practice.

This matters because most people are trying to carry the kingdom alone, when Jesus trained people by bringing them into the work with Him.

• Save Your Seat for the "Lost to Leader" 45 Min Zoom Lab next month: ⁠https://www.covomultipliers.com/from-lost-to-leader.html⁠⁠
• Find Dave on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@damillertime⁠⁠⁠⁠
• And Mark on Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples⁠

Most Bible studies teach people to understand a passage. Scripture deep dives train leaders to see patterns, solve problems, and follow the way of Jesus in real life. In this episode, Chuck Wood, Dave Miller, and Mark unpack why reading large chunks of Scripture together can shift paradigms faster than another polished teaching session. You’ll hear how deep dives help leaders move from passive listening to active discovery, and why the slow, messy process may be exactly what forms people who can lead.

• Save Your Seat for the "Lost to Leader" 45 Min Zoom Lab next month: ⁠https://www.covomultipliers.com/from-lost-to-leader.html⁠⁠
• Find Dave on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@damillertime⁠⁠⁠⁠
• And Mark on Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples⁠
• And Chuck: https://substack.com/@chuckwoodii

Most discipleship conversations get stuck on tools, but this episode pushes deeper: what kind of person are you becoming? Mark and Dave walk through Acts 2:36–47 and show how the first church was formed by a simple pattern of identity, devotion, and overflow.The punch is clear: you do not build multiplying disciples by tacking spiritual tasks onto a busy life, you become the kind of person whose normal rhythms produce kingdom fruit. This one matters because it gives ordinary believers a simple way to move from “I should do more” to “this is who we are now.”

• Next Lab: “The Rhythms of a Covo Multiplier.” (Wednesday, June 17th at 3PM ET). SIGN UP: https://www.covomultipliers.com/rhythms-of-a-covo-multiplier.html
• Find Dave on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@damillertime⁠⁠⁠⁠
• And Mark on Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples⁠

Most leaders want to see lost people become disciple-makers, but the gap between desire and action gets fuzzy fast. In this episode, Mark and Dave name the two biggest barriers: not knowing where to start and not knowing what to do next. They push back on the fear that a “lost to leader” pathway is too mechanical and show why clarity actually helps you stay steady when people get messy, distracted, or stuck. If you’ve ever felt the burden to reach people around you but lacked a simple path forward, this episode gives you a better first step.

• Save Your Seat for the "Lost to Leader" 45 Min Zoom Lab next month: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.covomultipliers.com/from-lost-to-leader.html⁠⁠⁠⁠

• Find Dave on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@damillertime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• And Mark on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples⁠

Most believers say Scripture is central, but in real life, experience often ends up calling the shots. In this episode, Dave and Mark unpack why disciple-making pathways are not invented from scratch, but discovered from the Word of God and lived out in real places like work, school pickup, business, and everyday relationships.

They use the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience, to show why the order matters. The payoff is simple: stop letting your experiences reinterpret the Bible, and start letting Scripture reshape how you move through the world.
Save Your Seat for the "Lost to Leader" 45 Min Zoom Lab next month: ⁠⁠https://www.covomultipliers.com/from-lost-to-leader.html⁠⁠⁠

• Find Dave on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@damillertime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• And Mark on Substack: ⁠⁠https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples⁠