Celebrating 20 Years of God’s Blessing Middleton Report
August 1989 to 2009
were enough witnessing disciples to share the Good News of the Gospel with every person on earth. To do this the local church had to be the equipping center in each Dear Friends & community. Ministry Partners, DCI Was Born! “The one who calls you is faithful and He I prayed for God to show us what we must do and He gave will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24 the vision to do what we are doing today – although it has been clarified and developed over the years – the vision st On August 1 1989 Dynamic Churches and strategy have changed very little. International began with the vision “to have John Dueck and Eldon Babcock shared a common sufficient trainers equipped and helping Pastors and Christian leaders develop enough dynamic disciple- making churches to reach each community in every country of the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
We have many to thank for this vision of being
a part of fulfilling the Great Commission. Certainly our years with Campus Crusade for Christ (now Power to Change) and specifically vision so we agreed to begin DCI together. I resigned the passion and vision of Dr. Bill Bright to from Campus Crusade for Christ on July 15 and we strategically plan to reach the whole world with planned to begin DCI on August 1, 1989. the gospel of Jesus Christ. Also Rev. Al Broom of Church Dynamics in California who God Will Do It!! had developed a strategy to equip Church On July 27, Mary and I were in Saskatchewan and when leaders. His insights helped us greatly as we we returned home there was a note on the door to call our put together our resources and wrote the One- son Mark no matter how late it was. He indeed had bad to-One Discipling materials. news for us! Our daughter Joan and her husband Earl had been in a serious motorcycle accident in the While participating in Jesus film projects mountains. By the time we arrived home they had both in Mexico and Brazil we became increasingly been flown by helicopter ambulance to an Edmonton aware of the need to equip the churches to hospital, were in ICU and were being treated for multiple follow-up those who received Christ as their injuries and broken bones. At one point we were not sure Savior. Earl would pull through. They were in the hospital for several months and it was a very difficult time for them! The Vision for DCI was Born in Mexico It was also a difficult time for Mary and me and a very City. Having shown the Jesus film and seen challenging time to launch a new ministry. In it all God thousands of people receive Christ, I looked made it very clear that this ministry was not going to be out over the city as far as I could see, (which something that we would do – but could only be what wasn’t far because of the terrible smog), and God would do! knowing that there were 20 million people in Mexico City at that time, I thought, “How Dave and Sheila Hunt joined the team and John, Eldon and many times would we have to send teams Dave helped develop the discipleship and training to do this in order to reach them all”. It materials. These too have changed over the years as we seemed like a daunting task even if they have grown in our understanding of how to serve the stopped having any more babies – which was church and help them make more and better disciples. not likely to happen! International Opportunities! There had to be a Better Way! Even before we had anything but a vision and a plan God I had a growing conviction that we needed to opened up 2 international opportunities. John and I shared take God’s command seriously to make the vision with Fred Magbanua the director of Far East disciples who would make disciples until there Broadcasting in the Philippines. He said, “You must come and help us!” We also got an invitation to go to Faithful Leaders: India with Herb Reinhardt who was a missionary in India for I am thankful to God for all who have led DCI to where it is many years. We traveled to both countries in January of today. For those who have served on the Board: 1991. In India we recruited Rev. Dr. I.G. Sundararajan to John Dueck Eldon Babcock be our DCI representative there. He had been a disciple of Dave Hunt Brian Dunning Herb Reinhardt. Within one year after that we were able to Bill Wong Guy Bonnier travel back to the Southern Philippines where we recruited Jing Estrella as our Philippine Director. Both of these And also those who are our present Board Members: men have continued to serve faithfully with us and we Larry Kolskog Ron Nelson consider it a privilege to work with them. Peter Jarman Sig Schuster Wayne Jorstad Expanding the Ministry: Through their wise and steady counsel they have moved Over the years we have set goals and each time God has DCI towards the vision that God so clearly gave us. They exceeded our goals. But it has often been met with have been such a blessing and encouragement to me. opposition from the enemy! For example in 1992, when I was about to head to the Philippines to establish the DCI Have We Made a Difference? ministry there, John’s wife Gladdie Mae was in a serious We all want to believe that our lives are making a accident. It was hard to go but we felt we should send difference and that we are making the world a better place. Satan a message that we trust God and we would not be The following are what some of the DCI Staff and Pastors intimidated. have reported to us: In 1993 when we were heading off to launch DCI in Latin America, Sheila Hunt collapsed on the kitchen floor. It Thaddee Lombe, DCI Lubumbashi. D.R. Congo. was discovered that she had a brain tumor and would need Dear Brother Al, I still don’t know how much to thank you for your ministry. Since I met with you my way of serving God an operation. I have always been impressed with the has changed. I had 22 years of ministry before I met with determination of our team to keep moving forward no you. The church you were in when you were in the Congo matter what – so we did! was started 17-11-1993 but still I never experienced what I am seeing today, with DCI methods-although it takes some By the way Joan, Gladdie Mae and Sheila are all doing fine time-still the growth is Just Explosive. I was having 2 and they know that it was God who brought them churches planted in the city since 1993, but now we are through!! planning to have more for next year. When the leaders become the coaches, more Life Groups will be established And so the story goes – and so the ministry grows! all over the city and we will use the opportunity to plant more churches with the Explosive Growth disciple-making As we now look back over these 20 years we marvel at process. Our church has doubled within 8 months. As I met the grace of God! He opens the doors and we simply with you and understood your vision, and applied the DCI walk in knowing that whatever happens will be because He Disciple-Making strategies, our church became a living did it and so we find it easy to give Him all the glory!! testimony in the city, so thank you brother for your ministry. While I was in Namibia for a month training pastors there, Family: my associate pastor continued to apply DCI Disciple-Making I am thankful for the wonderful partner that Mary has strategies while I was away and he baptized 25 new souls, I am very grateful for that, to God be the glory and honor. been to me. She has served God with such passion and May God continue to bless you more and more. commitment to the vision that God called us to accomplish. She has put in many long hours and kept the administrative details in order. I simply could not have done it without Pastor Deonarayan: I am Pastor Deonarayan I work under the Leadership her!! Our children have also encouraged us and stood Training Centre as an Evangelist. I am so by us even though it meant us moving away from them thankful to God and DCI for changing my when we went to the U.S. for 5 years. entire life. I am now a new person in Christ. My family, my neighbours, my We have grown spiritually as a family, because when you friends and all my villagers think that I have to depend totally on God for your existence you am a new Deonarayan. It is because of get to know Him and learn from experience that He is attending DCI training and applying its totally trustworthy! teaching to my life. Without any delay, I started giving training from DCI curriculum to my church members and it is impacting the total community now. If you ask me about my We have also grown in numbers. 20 years ago Mary and I previous life, I am so ashamed of how I lived earlier. I was a had 3 married children and 3 grandchildren. Today we big problem to my family and friends. I was quarrelsome and have 8 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. What loved to fight with others. No body trusted me because of a joy it has been to see them grow and each have learned what I was. to put their trust in God as their Savior and the Lord of their lives. Evangelist Yongkhon: Praise the Lord! I am Yongkhon from the state of Joan and the twins, Reggie and Robert will be in Peru from Arunachal Pradesh in North Eastern India. August 10-25 on a mission trip – please pray for them!! My State government passed Anti Conversion Bill a few years ago. Many believers are being You Have Been a Vital Part of all that has been persecuted and many churches have been burned down. Accomplished! Without your prayers and your generous support we would never have been able to see God do I am married and blessed with 2 children. such amazing things. We have always considered you as our partners. Now we can praise Him together for Two years ago I went to LTC Siliguri for training. I and my what He has done!! class mates were taught DCI curriculum. I was so inspired and challenged by the course which was taught by Moala Are We There Yet? No Not Yet! Kashung. I could not wait to go to the non believers and Like children traveling to a favorite destination they will reach them through DCI. Soon after my graduation I joined often ask, “Are we there yet?” We too are anxiously an organization where I could not fully get opportunity to exercise what I learned because I was put in office work. I anticipating the arrival at our destination – The fulfillment of immediately resigned from it and went to Arunachal Pradesh the Great Commission! But we still have a long way to which borders on Myanmar and started door to door go. The following is what we trust God will do as we evangelism. Amidst persecution, I and my 2 other friends work with and through many other organizations: have started 7 house fellowships through DCI. I am also translating DCI to Tangsa language which is spoken even in A Window to the Future of Dynamic Churches Eastern Myanmar as well as in certain parts of Arunachal. Please pray for me. International: To Reach the World with the Gospel of Christ… We must Reach each Country In addition to training and serving the churches in their city To Reach each Country… or country, over the 20 years we have taken trips to: We must Reach each City To Reach each City… Al Other Staff Total We must Reach each Community Canadian Cities 30 26 = 56 Each Church must Reach it’s own Community Other Countries 82 32 = 114 We Need Enough Churches to Reach Every Total Ministry Trips 112 58 = 170 Person in Every Community in Each Country
Goals for 2009/2010:
Today the ministry of Dynamic Churches International is 10 New Countries serving in 30 countries on 5 continents and with part or 5 New Languages all of our discipleship and leader training materials 15 New Staff translated into 35 languages. 200 New Trainers Our Financial Goal would be to increase from We are grateful to God for the faithful people that He has $190,000 to $370,000 annually. brought to our ministry - 47 who would consider themselves DCI Staff and another 132 who are trainers. If Each Year for the Next 10 Years: Often they are volunteers with us and many serve in other Each DCI Staff recruited and trained One New Staff organizations but are using the DCI strategy and materials Each Trainer Recruited and trained One New Trainer to equip Pastors, Church Planters and Church leaders Each Trained Church Trained or Planted Two Other within their own ministry. Thousands of Churches have Churches been planted through these organizations with our DCI We could accomplish the following goals! model. Goals for the end of 2018: Our Website: Countries and Regions 313 Thank you to Jim Klaas and John Ringness who set up all Translations 3,828 of our English discipleship and training materials on the Books Printed 590,490,000 website. There are also some of the French and Spanish DCI Staff 15,360 materials as well. Check it out at: DCI Trainers 51,200 www.dynamicchurches.org Participating Churches 17,714,700 Estimated Budget $118,870,859 We plan to have all of our materials in all languages available for anyone to download. This will be a lot of work! Results: By Networking with Other Ministries we could National DCI Representatives: establish DCI in every Country We are so grateful for the National DCI Staff and Trainers Millions of Churches could be Planted who have modeled Discipleship and trained thousands Millions of People could Receive Christ and of Pastors, Church Planters and Church Leaders. become Disciples and Disciple-Makers There is no way for us to know how many lives have been Neighborhoods Reached changed, how many churches have been planted and the Cities Reached impact that has been made on existing churches and on Nations Reached communities all over the world! Great Commission Fulfilled! Transforming Communities: Global Trainers: Communities will be transformed when individual lives are We will need thousands of National Staff and Trainers to changed by the Love of God and the Power of the Holy be equipped to train the churches in each country. Spirit. As many people receive Christ as their Savior and become disciples of Christ, they will live like Christ in all We are looking for people who would be interested in aspects of their lives! By doing deeds of kindness they will joining us as we move forward into the future that God has demonstrate the Love of God. They will transform the planned for us. If you are interested in being trained to Physical, Social, Emotional, Educational, travel into other countries to equip National Leaders Environmental and the Spiritual aspects of their then contact me. I would be pleased to talk with you! community - as Jesus would do! Prayer Partners: We will know the Great Commission has been Fulfilled We need to develop a much stronger base of prayer when the Community has been Transformed!! than we presently have. If you would be willing to meet together with a group of people or pray on your own for Financial Strategy: the DCI Ministry and our wonderful Staff and Trainers Raise $25,000,000 and place in a Trust (It may around the world then let me know of your interest and build over several years). . we will keep you informed of needs and opportunities that Invest $25,000,000 in safe yet high yield you can pray for. investments so it will multiply to produce $120,000,000 over 10 years, to be given as There are challenging Days ahead as we continue resources to DCI each year as we need it. accomplishing the vision God has given us! Action Needed: We Need Your Prayers More than Ever!!! Pray, Pray, Pray! Establish a Trust (It is being set up at this time) Identify Potential Investors Thank You: Share the Vision and Strategy with potential I want to say a very special thank you to each of you investors who has so faithfully partnered with us over these last Expand the Leadership of DCI to facilitate the 20 years. It has been a great adventure and Mary and I Increasing Growth have needed and appreciated your friendship, prayers Trust God to make it happen! and encouragement.
Finances: God has been faithful – and He has done it!!
We plan to raise $25 Million dollars in the next few years. Do you want to make a great investment in the Kingdom of Your brother and sister in Christ, God? Every dollar you donate to the Trust described above could provide $5 for ministry over the next 10 years. Any amount large or small will make a significant difference! Ask me I would be happy show Al and Mary Middleton you our strategy.
Leadership Continues to be a Great Need:
DCI Board of Directors Executive Director Dynamic Churches International International Director 164 Stonegate Close Training Director Airdrie, AB. T4B 2V2 Prayer Director Phone/Fax: (403) 912-4438 Administrator Accounting E-mail: dcimiddleton@shaw.ca Material Developer Website: www.dynamicchurches.org Website and Multimedia Developer Trust Fund Investment Advisors Investor Recruiters
Expanding the Team:
We need a strong leadership base at home to administrate the ever expanding global effort. Do you have administrative gifts and would you be willing to invest your life in this ministry to accomplish the greatest challenge on earth? Call me!