<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Contagious Disciple Making]]></title><description><![CDATA[CDM]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/feed</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:49:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[When God Is in It: The Difference Between His Presence and Our Comfort]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Paul Watson It’s funny how often we use comfort as a metric for God’s will. We say things like, “If God is in it, the doors will open,” or “If it’s hard, maybe it’s not the right timing,” as if the Almighty funnels His guidance through ease and convenience. But lately, God has been waking me up in the early hours of the morning — far earlier than I’d like — to remind me of something very different. Not with booming revelations, but with gentle, persistent instruction. And one night, He...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/when-god-is-in-it-the-difference-between-his-presence-and-our-comfort</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6932f2637446c6dc89145a8b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:59:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church That Follows the Lost: Rebecca’s Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 barely a hundred...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/the-church-that-follows-the-lost-rebecca-s-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6914f2563ff0706c01dc1177</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:49:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fifth-Grade Evangelist]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 started using that...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/the-fifth-grade-evangelist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6914d6f93ff0706c01dc07f3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:53:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Language Changed, So Did Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 multiplication—disciples...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/when-the-language-changed-so-did-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69148eb0dcfbc3b85412387a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:42:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church in the Locker Room: How God Turned Varsity Football Players into Disciple Makers]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 knew the Lord was...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/the-church-in-the-locker-room-how-god-turned-varsity-football-players-into-disciple-makers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691486c1dcfbc3b854122587</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:10:59 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Inmate Equips His Niece to Start DBSes on a College Campus]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 because of the...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/an-inmate-equips-his-niece-to-start-dbses-on-a-college-campus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6914850f3b27b314835ea3af</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:02:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed Are The Feet - Rebecca’s Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 nearly five months...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/blessed-are-the-feet-rebecca-s-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69148178a1d0fbff59628921</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:50:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scripture, Prayer, and a Path Back to People - Lyle and Ana Maria’s Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 stopped...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/scripture-prayer-and-a-path-back-to-people-lyle-and-ana-maria-s-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69147f7adcfbc3b85412128a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:38:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Death’s Door to Multiplication: Peter’s Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[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. What started as one...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/from-death-s-door-to-multiplication-peter-s-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69147eacd1ce4ba0c272d893</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:34:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equipping a Church Member to Use Archery to Engage the Lost]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 together, and...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/equipping-a-church-member-to-use-archery-to-engage-the-lost</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69147752d8b04fb3f38d75ff</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:03:51 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The First Inmate-Led Discovery Bible Study At Donovan Prison]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 obeyed the nudge...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/the-first-inmate-led-discovery-bible-study-at-donovan-prison</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6914757634dbfde30e6c3820</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:55:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Armando’s Story: From Darkness to Light]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 experienced his own...]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/armando-s-story-from-darkness-to-light</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6914743d744f3eeb16215009</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:49:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praying the Kingdom Forward: Boldness from Acts 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[When we talk about expanding the Kingdom, my mind goes straight to Acts 4:23–31—a snapshot of a church under pressure that chooses prayer…]]></description><link>https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com/post/praying-the-kingdom-forward-boldness-from-acts-4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f66889155806106bc99a93</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:00:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8830fc_0219419ab32b424394c24f4da05ae6ce~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Paul Watson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living the Lord’s Prayer: Expanding God’s Kingdom Here and Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Jesus taught His disciples how to pray in Matthew 6, He wasn’t just giving them words to repeat. 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