To become the kind of healthy DMM leader that is needed for a Disciple Making Movement to be birthed and spread wide, it requires more than adopting a method—it demands deep formation of character, core convictions, lifestyle commitments, and a radical surrender to Jesus and His ways. Below is such a framework that highlights these four, key parts:

1. Character Qualities

These are not optional; they are foundational character qualities:

• Authenticity – Being the same in private as in public; no masks.

• Obedience – Quick, joyful, and consistent response to God’s voice.

• Faithfulness – Staying the course even when results are slow or hidden.

• Humility – Choosing obscurity and lowliness, lifting others, and not needing credit.

• Servant-heartedness – Willing to lay down comfort, control, or personal gain.

• Emotional Maturity – Secure in identity, unshaken by rejection, able to lead others without needing to dominate.

• Perseverance – Formed through rejection, marginalization, and disappointment.

• Self-control – Able to resist the lure of centralization, platform, or recognition.

2. Driving Core Values

These values form the inner compass of healthy DMM leaders:

• Intimacy with Jesus – All fruit flows from abiding in Him (John 15).

• Obedience over knowledge – Faithfulness to apply and it live out, not just accumulate truth.

• Scripture as final authority – Always returning to the Word, not tradition.

• Every believer a disciple-maker – No spectators; all are sent.

• Multiplication over accumulation – Releasing quickly instead of retaining.

• The priesthood of all believers – Empowering ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

• Dependence on the Holy Spirit – Leading from listening and surrender to Holy Spirit, in the guidance of Scripture,, not strategy alone.

3. Key Commitments

The practical choices and rhythms you live out:

• Live what you teach – Your life is the first teaching tool.

• Train and release quickly – Always equipping others to lead.

• Guard movement DNA – Stay vigilant about reproducibility, obedience, and Spirit-led dependence.

• Coach more than control – Influence through relationship, not title.

• Pray continually – A movement leader is an intercessor first.

• Stay hidden when needed – Prioritize impact over image.

• Embrace simplicity – In structure, message, and practice.

• Remain relationally invested – Even when stepping back from direct leadership.

4. Type of Surrendering Required

This is the inner posture that shapes everything else:

• Surrender of platform – Letting go of pulpit-centric models and ego-driven ministry.

• Surrender of control – Trusting the Spirit to lead others without micromanagement.

• Surrender of outcomes – Letting God be responsible for fruit and timing.

• Surrender of identity – Not needing to be “the leader,” but being content to be a catalyst.

• Surrender of comfort and predictability – Willing to walk into rejection, misunderstanding, and wilderness.

• Surrender of recognition – Choosing the reward of faithfulness over fame.

Summary: What It Takes

To become a healthy DMM leader:  

You must be willing to become the message before you preach it, give up visibility to gain fruitfulness, and invest your life into others with no strings attached. You lead not from above but alongside, not through command but through example. You are shaped in the wilderness, fueled by intimacy with Jesus, and released as a multiplying disciple–a disciple maker–who lays down your life so others can rise up in Christ.