The growth is in your people. Multiplication is not you, but it’s your people reaching others. It’s possible to work a gift and gather a crowd, but still fail to multiply.
Insight: If you’re the only one producing fruit, your system is broken, and it is not the system of Jesus.
Matthew 4:19 (NLT) Jesus’ system was training others to produce fruit in disciple making, Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”
Don’t confuse addition for multiplication.
Addition is when you bring someone in.
Multiplication only happens after you’ve added someone to your group, trained them, and they’ve begun adding others to their own group.
Multiplication occurs when someone is trained and discipled, then goes on to bring in others who do the same.
Multiplication doesn’t happen until your disciple has made a disciple.
Insight: If it ends with you, it dies with you. If it flows through you, it will live beyond you.
HOW TO MOBILIZE YOUR PEOPLE TO BECOME DISCIPLE-MAKERS
You must become a true visionary and own the vision yourself.
A. Know your why—your purpose must be clear and compelling.
- Jesus knew His “why” at all times
Luke 19:10 (NLT) “For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
That clear, burning purpose drove every move He made, and the same has to be true for us as leaders.
B. Make others in your group visionaries of disciple-making.
You can no longer be the only visionary in your group—raise up visionaries who make disciples.
- Vision must be written plainly—not just known by the leader, but understood by others so they can run with it.
If your people are going to become disciple-makers, they need to see what you see.
Habakkuk 2:2 (NLT) “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.’”
Write the vision plainly, so a runner can carry it. That’s our goal, to create runners, not just followers. The vision must live in you first, but it can’t stop with you. Speak it, share it, repeat it, until they own it too.
Quote: “When leaders delegate tasks, they create followers. When they delegate authority, they create leaders.” – Craig Groeschel
B. Transfer passion, not just plans.
No one in your network should be more passionate about the vision than you.
- You have to share the vision with your disciples and make sure they’ve all bought into it.
Quote: “You don’t delegate vision—you transfer it through passion.” – Craig Groeschel
A. Don’t expect people to just “get it.” Equip them with actionable first steps.
- Clarity beats assumption. Don’t assume they got it, until you see them doing it and duplicating it!
- Help them see where to start, not just what to do.
Proverbs 15:22 (NLT) – “Plans go wrong for lack of advice; many advisers bring success.”
Quote: Discipleship is not about information, but transformation—and that begins with direction.” – Unknown Christian Leader
Practical ways you can do this: Write down the first 3 action steps with each of your DG members and walk them through it step by step.
Friendship is valuable, but a coach develops multiplying leaders.
- Coaches call things out and keep people accountable.
- They stay in constant contact, knowing the temperature of their team, refueling their team and keep the vision alive.
2 Timothy 4:2 (NLT) – “Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching.”
Quote: “Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance.” – John Whitmore
Challenge: Move from cheerleader to coach. Call in, call out, check in, and be present with your leaders weekly in their training.
Don’t just tell them, show them it’s possible.
- Adjust your schedule. Hit the streets. Reach the goals. You hit the goal you’re asking them to hit on your own.
- You become the proof of the vision. You be the great follower! Your discipline leads theirs.
1 Corinthians 11:1 (NLT) – “And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.”
Quote: “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell
Don’t slow down. Don’t throw in the towel. Be the follower you want to multiply.
2 Action steps:
- Write out your 7 steps to making ____ amount of new disciples and _____ new DG leaders in the next 90 days.
- Register yourself (below) and your DG network for our upcoming DG rally – July 13th