PRACTICES OF A MULTIPLYING DISCIPLE-MAKER 

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PRACTICE #1 - MULTIPLICATION THINKING 

Genesis 1:28 (NLT) - Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth…”

  • Our God is a multiplication thinker.

  • He commanded mankind to multiply.

  • Fruit is what we reproduce.

  • Multiplication is what we reproduce through those who we have trained, taught, and discipled. 

  • First, we are fruitful, then we multiply.
Genesis 35:11 (ESV) - And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.

  • God is still thinking multiplication more than 2,000 years later.

PRACTICE #2 - SEES LEADERSHIP IN OTHERS AND CALLS IT OUT.

Judges 6:12 (NIV) - When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”

  • A multiplying disciple-maker recruits people to the leadership table and training.

PRACTICE #3 - TRAINS LEADERS TO LEAD.

Exodus 18:25 (ERV) - Moses chose good men from among the Israelites. He made them leaders over the people. There were rulers over 1000 people, 100 people, 50 people, and ten people.

  • A multiplying disciple-maker develops leaders to develop leaders.

  • Helps develop a leader’s mindset.

  • First, we conceive, believe and then achieve.

PRACTICE #4 - SEND/LAUNCH LEADERS TO LEAD.

Romans 10:15 (NLT) - And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent?

Matthew 10:5-8 (NLT) - 5 Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions… Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. 7 Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!

  • Success is defined by who you develop and send, not what you do.

  • When Jesus healed the sick, raised, the dead, etc., He was being fruitful.

  • When He sent the disciples to do the same, He was multiplying!
Matthew 28:19 (NLT) - Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations…

  • Jesus had a worldwide vision for His disciples.