EMQ » Jul - Sept 2026 » Volume 62 Issue 3
Summary: Handley and Wilson present a framework of four overlapping dimensions for effective cross-cultural discipleship based on their decades-long experience of developing leaders. These four dimensions are abiding deeply in God, forming Christlike character, using simple reproducible disciple-making practices, and catalyzing movements. The authors emphasize that while discipleship’s core remains constant, its practice must adapt to disciples’ contexts. They stress the importance of community and allowing disciples to grow, reproduce, and transform their communities in locally appropriate, multiplying ways.
By Joseph W. Handley Jr. and Mary Jo Wilson
