The CDM Podcast

Has this ever happened to you? You discover something amazing and excitedly tell someone about it. Upon hearing it, they aren't nearly as enthusiastic as you'd hoped, leaving you wondering how anyone could possibly not see what you're seeing.

A life of disciple making requires sacrifice. So it makes sense that people wouldn't be interested. Why is it so difficult to inspire and train others to become disciple makers? Today's CDM Podcast answers just that. 

Mobilization is similar to the Parable of the Soil. Some aren't interested, some initially click but quickly fade, others get distracted by life. There are a million reasons why someone wouldn't want to be inconvenienced, make sacrifices, put in hard daily work of obedience, or go against popular opinion. But the Great Commission isn't optional. We're all called to be involved. 

In the "Part 2" episode, we'll discuss how to overcome this and actually prepare people for disciple making. 

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If you're going to make disciples, you need to build relationships with other people—specifically those who don't know Jesus. But it's hard to tell if our engagements with lost people are effective.  Sometimes the gathering is all about the activity and leaves no room for conversation or true relationship building. 

How can we meet with the same people consistently? How can we use certain activities as springboards towards further relational development? How do the Conversation Quadrants fit in? All this and more on today's episode of the CDM Podcast! And then in part two, we will be discussing how to know when to move on from a relationship that isn't bearing fruit. 

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Failing forward. That's what generally happens in the first two years of a disciple making movement. You don't see much fruit at first and many mistakes are made. But those growing pains are just part of it. In this episode of the CDM Podcast, Paul Watson and Beck Ewing tackle the subject of these first two years. 

It takes a while to develop the right habits, mobilize the right amount of prayer, and build relationships with the right people. But these first two years are all about laying a foundation; go slow in order to go fast. You'll start to see multiplication. Be patient. Take courage. Pace yourself. Don't stop praying. "God will wait to give you much fruit until you have the prayer needed in order to be able to handle it." 

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Continuing on the topic of Disciple Making Communities, this time around we're covering training and multiplying your DMC. The main thing here is that a DMC is not curriculum-based, but based on transformational action. So instead of overwhelming new disciple makers with countless steps, how do we invite them along on the process of making disciples together?

Learn about casting vision, telling stories, training in Discovery Bible Study, and helping people get started in the first two disciple making practices. These are all tips we've discovered by doing Disciple Making Communities of our own. We hope you will be able to start your own! 

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