2026 MAP – the week of August 30, 2026

“Discipleship Uncomplicated”, The 8 Principles of Disciple Making by Dr. Warren Haynes

Principle 8 – Multiply Leaders – Empower Rapid Advance (part 3)

It’s time for honest questions: Does your church or ministry have a written leadership development pathway? Is your church or ministry consistently producing new high-quality leaders who are reaching new people? Think about it from a personal level. Have you developed other leaders who are reaching new people? 

I have studied major Christian movements throughout history and what becomes obvious is wherever you see a leader focusing on developing others and reaching new people, you see multiplication. This is historically true no matter the time, political climate, or geographical location. In history, wherever you see leaders who focus on developing someone close to them and reaching out to others, you find growth.

Take, for example, Elias Keech. He came to the New Americas, was converted under his own preaching, founded the oldest remaining church in America, and started reaching new people by establishing preaching points that became new congregations. Another notable example is Dan Taylor, who empowered resurgent growth in England by starting new connection groups and developing a new training center for new leaders. Out of the Great Awakening revivals, led by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield, came New Light groups that raised up new leaders and reached many new people. Jonathan Oncken of Germany adopted the motto “Every Baptist is a missionary”. During a tremendous time of persecution (the state church killed and hung people in suspended cages from church spires), he started developing new leaders and pioneering small pietist home groups to reach new people. Regardless of the political, geographic, or denominational climate, church history is built on visionary leaders developing leaders and reaching new people.