What it looks like where people already are
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This Won't Work Here
A church planter was sure a stranger's disciple-making method could never work in West Africa. Five weeks after testing it anyway, six families had started a new church.
August 2026 · 6 min read
Lana Stayed. And God Moved.
Threatened and warned to leave, a young missionary chose to stay in an East African village. Years later, a church stands where the shouting once was.
July 2026 · 6 min read
A Deaf and Mute Practitioner of Disciple Making Movements
Rejected by his family and unable to continue school, Christian found belonging in the Gospel — and is now leading a group of his own.
February 2026 · 6 min read
A New Beginning in Chicago
Lonely after moving to Chicago, Crystal invited her neighbors into a Bible study that became a small church — and a marriage.
February 2026 · 6 min read
The Father Who Dared to Ask
In a Cameroon village ruled by fear, one father dared to ask if Jesus could heal his son. Even a witchdoctor’s house wasn’t untouched.
October 2025 · 6 min read
Persecution Wasn’t the End
Rejected by her community and forced to leave her village, Mama Sarah rebuilt — and became a spiritual leader in a new one.
September 2025 · 6 min read
God Hears Us. Are We Listening to Him?
When a brush fire threatened a Native American reservation, one desperate prayer changed the direction of the wind — and a family’s faith.
April 2025 · 6 min read
Set Free From Addiction
A heavy smoker in the Congo Forest finally quits after a Discovery Bible Study leads him to Jesus.
January 2025 · 6 min read
Angie's Passion For Her Neighbors
Angie was passionate about seeing her neighbors come to follow Jesus. She began prayer walking, where she would walk up and down the streets of her community to partner with God and see Him work to open people's hearts. Angie committed to praying and talking with her neighbors every week.
December 2024 · 6 min read
From DBS to Church Plants
My name is James,* a church planter and a disciple maker among a people group in a village in West Africa. My people are well known for their uncompromising faith in Islam. Using the Discovery Bible Study (DBS) approach has proven to be an effective tool to reach most of the people in my community.
November 2024 · 6 min read
From Unbeliever to DMM Leader in 4 Days
In all of the Ending Scripture Poverty (ESP) training courses we have run (all 62 languages), we've never thought of using them as a means of evangelizing to the participants who are present for just 3 to 5 days. The following story tells the tale of an ESP narrator who today aspires to Christian leadership.
November 2024 · 6 min read
Simon Becomes a Follower of Jesus
My name is Simon,* and I was brought up in a Muslim home. I used to perform my five daily prayers until early this year when I met with a church planter in my village, commonly called Brother John. He visited our home so often that he became a family friend.
November 2024 · 6 min read
From Discovery Groups to Church Plants
My name is Simon,* a church planter and a disciple maker in West Africa. My people are well known for their uncompromising faith in Islam. Using the Discovery Bible Study (DBS) approach has proven to be an effective tool to reach most of the people in my community. We had…
October 2024 · 6 min read
How Audio Bible Devices Are Ending Scripture Poverty in Africa
Discover how Audio Discovery Bible Studies (DBS) are transforming lives across Africa by ending Scripture poverty. Learn how ESP devices are spreading the gospel and empowering communities.
October 2024 · 6 min read
African Occultist Becomes a Church Planter
Dakarai* was a young man, the son of a chief. From the time he was a teenager, he had smoked cocaine. He also sold it to others, encouraging them to follow his lifestyle. For years, Dakarai had been deeply involved in the occult. In fact, his witchcraft was so powerful…
August 2024 · 6 min read
Bringing Hope to Dead Places
In East Africa, there has been a significant decline in tribal warfare because of the Disciple Making Movement (DMM) process. Of note, is a certain people group who are infamous for their cultural heritage of celebrating the killing of any man from another tribe. In 2013 a DMM training was…
August 2024 · 6 min read
An Illiterate Woman Pioneers Dangerous Places
An illiterate single woman, who sold palm oil, answered a call to become a church planter in West Africa. Her pastor did not think that she could make the grade as a church planter. So, he asked her to go home and pray about her decision. She did pray but…
July 2024 · 6 min read
Martyrs Pave the Way
One of New Generations ministry teams in West Africa decided to engage a very difficult region, resistant to the Gospel. There, a few years earlier, six Christians had been brutally murdered. But these martyrs did not work in vain. Our team discovered a strong need for children to be educated…
July 2024 · 6 min read
Choosing God Above All
*All names have been changed for security purposes My name is Fatima, and I am married to Ahmed. We have two wonderful children, and our family was deeply devoted to our faith, practicing it with fervor and dedication. Everything changed when I started meeting with my friend Sarah, the wife…
June 2024 · 6 min read
Leaving Bondage Behind for a Life of Faith
My name is Amina (pseudonym), and I am a mother to a beautiful son. I live in a small town in East Africa. My journey has been marked by hardship and struggle, but it is also a story of redemption and hope. For many years, I worked as a waitress…
June 2024 · 6 min read
Passing the Vision
"I'm still not sure what I believe about God, but I like the principles we are learning from the Bible and how we put them into practice, and I just love meeting with this group!" This was how Chris described her experience in a Discovery Bible Study (DBS) group. She…
June 2024 · 6 min read
Sowing Seeds of Faith
I was born and raised in a Christian background. My parents were among the church Elders and raised me as a Christian. I joined school and studied up to standard seven, but then I was unable to proceed with my education after a bandit came and took over all our…
June 2024 · 6 min read
Breaking Chains, Building Disciples
One night as I was praying, God led me to a coastal region for a Disciple Making Movement (DMM) mission. Upon reaching the city, I met one of the businessmen who was selling vegetables. This businessman became a person of peace. Through him, I was connected to a woman who…
May 2024 · 6 min read
Transformed by Discovery Bible Study
My name is Akello, and I am a senior citizen from East Africa. In 2023 I was invited to take part in a Discovery Bible Study (DBS). This study was about Genesis 11:1-9, and I learned about the power of unity. I felt that these teachings seemed to apply to…
May 2024 · 6 min read
God Opened Issy's Eyes
Discovery Bible Study One year ago, Issy was a drunkard and hated by everybody in his village because of his bad behavior. One night Issy followed an old friend to a Discovery Bible Study (DBS) group because he was not able to get his traditional beer. His eyes were opened,...
April 2024 · 6 min read
Healing Leads to Discovery Bible Study
Miraculous Healing A little girl was miraculously healed by the Lord. After a Discovery Bible Study (DBS) meeting in the village, we were informed that one of the members' children was ill. This little girl had been sick for four months with typhoid fever and had a perforated bowel. She...
April 2024 · 6 min read
Unexpected Heroes: God Uses the Ordinary
Audio Scripture Sets Early this year we had a 2-day session with some of our church planters in North Cameroon on orality principles through storytelling. The exercise was to end with the distribution of SD Cards containing audio Bibles. We initially assumed that focusing on the smartest of our church...
April 2024 · 6 min read
Won by Jesus' Healing
Jesus Healing a Person of Peace Abu was a respected leader in his African village and a leader in his mosque. But he had a problem, his wife was suffering from cancer. They had searched for medical help, but she continued to decline. Abu had heard that others in his...
April 2024 · 6 min read
Building Churches with Soccer Balls
My name is Charles. I am a follower of Jesus. I had the privilege of playing soccer professionally in Morocco, Tunisia, and Ukraine in 2016 and 2017. My city isn’t just the capital of the state I live in, but historically it’s been a major center of commerce and Islam...
March 2024 · 6 min read
Visions of Cabbages in the Desert
I was praying one day at a public campsite in the forest. It was near a place where elephants sometimes come and feed. Suddenly, the spiritual atmosphere around me seemed to change. A kind of shadow was there, and a presence—I can’t describe it any better than that. In one...
March 2024 · 6 min read
David Broodryk's Story of Identity
David Broodryk planted a church in South Africa in 2004. Over the next seven years, the church grew to about 100 members, but David realized that the church he planted wasn’t advancing the kingdom the way that he thought it should. He began to transition away from traditional ministry to...
March 2024 · 6 min read
From Growing Tomatoes to Growing Churches
Prayer is the Foundation I was trained as a DMM leader to go to a new location in West Africa and conduct a prayer walk in the village. While we prayed, we were encouraged to also research the needs of that community. As we identified those needs, we sought the...
February 2024 · 6 min read
Church Growth Through Discovery Bible Study
How Discovery Bible Study Impacts Church Growth I was a man who trusted pastors rather than trusting in God. It all began with an invitation. Mariko invited me to a Disciple Making Movement (DMM) training in the village where I lived. The next day I attended the training, and we...
January 2024 · 6 min read
Ordinary People Leading DMM
One of the foundational elements of Disciple Making Movements is the commitment of ordinary people willing to follow Jesus in obedience to the Great Commission. This often looks like unlikely leaders taking ownership of their calling to make disciples who make disciples. Today, we get to hear a testimony from...
January 2024 · 6 min read
When You Respond to the Voice of God
Ewoi's Story Ewoi is a Disciple Maker living in the Turkana community. He was born into a Christian family. After finishing high school, he started a motorcycle business, so that he could make a living. He hired a motorbike, and every day he had to pay the owner a fee....
January 2024 · 6 min read
We stopped inviting people to our church and started going to theirs. The first group met in a break room on a Tuesday, and none of us had done this before.
Has something happened where you are?
Tell us plainly what happened. We would rather hear the small honest story than the impressive one.