MultiplyUs: The Conference

Grant Foard. Grant worked as a Christian witness in SE Asia prior to COVID. When his field closed, he and his wife didn’t stop. In their community here in North America, they began implementing DMM strategies among nearby Muslims, Hindus, and other neighbors. Within the past couple of years, counting the generational growth through multiple streams, God has raised up 48 ongoing 3/3 groups (Discovery Bible Studies).

Ron Johnson. Ron serves as the Lead Pastor for Restoration Church, a megachurch in Colorado with a new focus on adding parallel streams of “simple churches.” In his presentation, he’ll share the challenges and opportunities found in transitioning prevailing-model churches into reproducible, multiplying “simple churches.”

Chris McBride. Chris and Rebekah McBride spent 14 years in the Muslim Middle East and saw a movement catalyzed there before returning to the US in 2013. For the last 8 years, Chris has worked in mobilization and serving movements.  Over the last two years, Chris and Rebekah have gotten more intentional about starting movements in Central Texas.  They are partnering with several local pastors who are working on DMM in their respective areas as well as starting a network of house churches. Currently, they have 7 groups in their Simple Church Networks, targeting a variety of areas from specific neighborhoods and towns, to specific populations, such as the addiction recovery community.

Lee Wood. Lee works in Tampa where he leads a church of churches, a training hub, and a movement. His church exists to launch and grow disciple and church multiplying movements who transform communities until the whole world knows.

Brent Hofen. Brent started Mission Church in 2007 with a goal of making disciples who make disciples. If you’re interested in applying DMM in the context of a North American megachurch, you’ll love hearing the recording of Brent’s testimonies and stories.

Jeff Metzger is the lead pastor at a mega-church in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been pleasantly surprised at the openness of his church to transition to DMM strategies. During this talk, we will find out how and why this transition might be happening so smoothly.

Rodger Shull works with E3 Partners based in the Raleigh-Durham area and is a young implementer of DMM strategies focused on building community and living life-on-life with those he’s bringing to Christ.