Making Disciplemaking Disciples by Nathan Creitz
Making disciple-making disciples (or making DMD’s) sounds redundant. Yet, very few are actually doing what Jesus told us to do in Matthew 28:18-20. Instead, the commission to “make disciples” is often interpreted in one of two ways: Some “make disciples” by making converts and then outsourcing their “discipleship” to a church program. Others gather converts together and attempt to “go deeper” but place no emphasis on being a witness to their neighbor. This is the danger of separating evangelism and discipleship. The former is engaged in evangelism, the latter is engaged in what he or she believes to be discipleship. Evangelism without discipleship