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DAVID WATSON

fOUNDER OF MODERN DMM & COAUTHOR OF THE cdm BOOK

PAUL WATSON

fOUNDER OF cdm & COAUTHOR OF THE cdm BOOK

REBECCA EWING

CEO OF CDM &
MOVEMENT COACH

LEADERSHIp

The Church That Follows the Lost: Rebecca’s Story

When I first met Rebecca, she was fighting to stay alive. Not spiritually—physically. Years of exposure to mold and environmental toxins had sent her immune system into chaos. Her body reacted to normal things: food, smells, even the air in her home. A simple change could trigger a severe allergic episode. She lived in a world so small it was almost claustrophobic—one house, one air filter, one safe set of routines. Rebecca is about my height, but at that time she weighed bar

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The Church That Follows the Lost: Rebecca’s Story

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The Fifth-Grade Evangelist

Sometimes the courage to share the gospel doesn’t come from a pulpit. Sometimes it comes from a playground. Mark told us this story during one of our prayer gatherings. A single mom in his church reached out to him and a few other pastors because of something that had happened to her son, John. John is a quiet fifth-grader. He doesn’t always fit in with the other kids. While many of his classmates spend recess running around the field or glued to their phones, John had start

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When the Language Changed, So Did Everything

About six years ago, I began working with a missionary couple serving in Africa among an unreached people group. These two were the real deal—hardworking, dedicated, and deeply embedded in the culture. They learned the local language, spent hours in villages, and genuinely loved the people they were there to reach. When they first heard about disciple-making movements (DMM), something inside them stirred. They didn’t just want to share the gospel; they wanted to see multiplic

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The Church in the Locker Room: How God Turned Varsity Football Players into Disciple Makers

When Preston moved from Alabama to Northern Virginia, he never imagined his next mission field would smell like turf and sweat. A former quarterback turned campus pastor, he and his wife, Meg, had been faithfully serving at their new church. But Preston’s heart longed for more than sermons and meetings. He prayed, “God, how can I partner with You in what You’re already doing in this community?” The answer came quietly: Coach. It sounded simple—almost too simple. But Preston k

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An Inmate Equips His Niece to Start DBSes on a College Campus

During a recent update from inside prison, one of our disciple-makers named Ireland shared something extraordinary. While faithfully leading Discovery Bible Studies behind the walls, he began sharing what he was learning with his niece, a brand-new college student. Inspired by her uncle’s example, she started gathering friends on campus. What began as one conversation quickly multiplied. Today, she is leading a Discovery Making Community group with 22 college students—all bec

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Blessed Are The Feet - Rebecca’s Story

In South Carolina, there’s a social dance called contra dancing. It’s lively, fast-paced, and full of laughter—a mix of bluegrass, folk rhythm, and the kind of community energy that makes people drive hours just to be part of it. For the past several months, Rebecca has been quietly immersing herself in that world. Not preaching. Not handing out tracts. Just showing up, week after week, moving with the rhythm, learning names, and earning trust. At first, it seemed slow. For n

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Scripture, Prayer, and a Path Back to People - Lyle and Ana Maria’s Story

During a summer trip to Virginia Beach, Lyle and Ana Maria reconnected with Ana Maria’s college friend and her son, Jason, who’s been battling ongoing health challenges. They’ve now done two phone DBS times together. In their latest call (in Genesis 2), Jason read, “It is not good for man to be alone,” and realized he’d been isolating. He decided to re-engage with people. God’s already at work: Jason prayed for his girlfriend during a sudden heart-pain episode, and the pain s

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From Death’s Door to Multiplication: Peter’s Story

When Peter first began his work in among an unreached people, progress seemed painfully slow. He remembers trudging long distances into remote villages, only to have efforts disrupted by things as simple as someone repairing a motorcycle outside the meeting room. Despite his persistence, groups were difficult to establish. But then God brought Mamadou into the picture—a man with a passion for disciple making. Under Peter’s coaching, Mamadou began to lead groups of his own. Wh

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Equipping a Church Member to Use Archery to Engage the Lost

After returning from a sabbatical earlier this month, Mark Robinson reconnected with a younger leader from his church—a former youth volunteer with a quiet personality and an engineering background. Though not naturally outgoing, this young man had caught hold of the vision for organic discipleship. Instead of waiting for formal church programs, he began using his personal passion—archery—to draw young men into meaningful relationships. He invited them to shoot bows, compete

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The First Inmate-Led Discovery Bible Study At Donovan Prison

After months of sowing seed in hard ground, something new began to take root inside Donovan Prison. For the first time, an inmate—not a volunteer or outside leader—had started his own Discovery Bible Study. It began with Johnny, a man whose transformation had been unfolding quietly. A few weeks earlier, he’d shared how he led his cellmate to Christ one night when he didn’t even feel like it. He was tired, discouraged, and wrestling with his own sense of unworthiness. Yet he o

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Armando’s Story: From Darkness to Light

Armando has spent much of his life behind bars. Once a major drug trafficker in South Texas, his crimes included trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, and even working with corrupt prison officials to supply drugs inside the system. For years, his identity was bound up in power, violence, and the worship of Santa Muerte - ”the saint of death.” In his cell, he kept a shrine to this figure, clinging to the false promises it represented. But on July 4th of this year, Armando exper

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