Contagious Disciple Making gives everyday Christians a free app of podcasts, videos, scripture lists, and stories from disciple-makers around the world.^1 The aim is practical: help you engage people who do not yet know Jesus, walk with them through Discovery Bible Studies, and form groups that keep multiplying.^1
Inside the app you can hear stories from disciple makers around the world, stay up to date on CDM's upcoming events, and get free resources to help jumpstart your disciple-making journey.^1 Beyond the app, CDM describes Discovery Bible Study as a tool to help non-believers discover God by reading His Word, obeying it, and sharing it with others, and it builds Disciple Making Communities through habits such as the Prayer Calendar and Conversation Quadrants.^2 The ministry's mission is to plant and coach Disciple Making Teams in every city, state, province, and country around the world.^3 The app is free; coaching is a separate service, with options for individuals, groups, and churches published on CDM's coaching page.^4
Founder Paul Watson grew up watching a Disciple Making Movement take shape among an unreached people in Northern India, then founded CDM so those practices could take root in the United States and Canada, especially among people who would not normally walk into a church.^5 In a 2016 Global Missions Podcast interview, Paul said he began to ask, "How do I be obedient to what God has asked us to do without raising cultural barriers that keep people from coming to Jesus?"^6 Paul and his father David Watson wrote Contagious Disciple Making: Leading Others on a Journey of Discovery.^6 CDM's blog masthead names David Watson as founder of modern DMM and coauthor of the book, Paul Watson as founder of CDM and coauthor, and Rebecca Ewing as CEO of CDM and movement coach.^7 CDM confesses one God in three persons, the full deity and humanity of Christ, salvation through faith in Jesus and regeneration by the Spirit, and God-breathed, inerrant Scripture.^8
Joleene Burts, a homeschool mother from Escondido, California, testified about CDM coaching: "In less than a year, we’ve launched a monthly Community Prayer Gathering, started 2 Discovery Bible Studies, led 8 people to Christ and began a Disciple Making Community to train believers how to make disciples."^4
Notable:
- CDM produces media weekly: podcasts, training videos, story interviews, and articles that help you learn how to make disciples and start movements.^2
