DMM NOCO is committed to focusing on the Great Commission, and we believe decentralization is key to unleashing disciple makers in natural networks. As we see the gospel go as we are going it seems to make sense that the church would decentralize for the sake of the gospel. The centralization of the work is around Jesus and the Holy Spirit rather than the organization of a church system. In this episode we talk about how both centralized work and decentralized work support one another to see DMM unleashed in natural networks. 

DMM NOCO uses a discovery method of reading the bible, and we sometimes hear pushbacks on this method. Discovery Bible Studies are designed to help people read the bible and hear from God without having to hear a sermon, understand the full context of the scriptures, or certainly not have formal training on reading the bible. The focus is having the lost read the bible for themselves not for the sake of having good theology, but for the purpose of hearing from God and take action.

North Americans have a growing awareness to the need to not just be disciples of Jesus, but to be disciple makers of Jesus. As we learn a lot through practice here in Northern Colorado we continue to be amazed at the need for disciple making, and as we are more aware of DMM here in North America we are also hearing more pushback against DMM. This episode is a conversation about a common pushback on DMM. Is DMM just chasing numbers?

Change is hard for many of us, and sometimes the changes that are offered challenge us and even can cause us to be defensive. Today we open a discussion on the idea of deconstruction in the western church. What does that mean in light of DMM, and how do we engage the culture when so many people are a part of the Nones.

The only way out of the dark for the lost is for someone to bring the light into the darkness and for there to be a guide to lead them out of the darkness. We who are in Christ Jesus were once lost, but now we’ve been found. We know the darkness, and we know the struggles of life which are common to man. We need to go and bring the light to those in darkness, into the cave where the lost are stuck. The Spirit is wanting to rescue the people in darkness. Jesus came to rescue the people walking in darkness. He sends us in the power of Holy Spirit to rescue the people in darkness.

We are life long learners, and we want to keep learning from the Lord. One new lesson Jeff is being taught s that his calling and purpose is to help reduce lostness in Northern Colorado and DMM is the best way he knows how to do it.

We are both compelled by the heart of God to love the lost in our region of Northern Colorado. We are compelled by God’s heart to seek and save the lost. We are committed to God’s heart to love people here where we live, learn, work, and play. What about you? Are you compelled in your natural network?

We continue a previous conversation about being co-workers with Jesus. This time we look at Matthew 9 and 10 and at the work of Jesus and how Jesus is inviting us to work with him. 

Today we share four responses to DMM by legacy churches this week. How will we embrace change to see the gospel flourish in natural networks where we live, learn, work, and play?

To keep the system of church running is laborious. How can we have the time to consider a different way even if we think a different way is a good idea. Here in Northern Colorado the church continues to decline in numbers, but the way of being the church is not really changing much to see change in the trends. What do we do? What can we do, or better yet…what must be done?

1 Corinthians 3:9 says we are co-workers with Christ. What does this mean for us today? What work is Jesus doing that he is inviting us into being a co-worker with him? In this episode we explore how often we seem to be doing work that is adjacent to the work of Jesus, but maybe the work of Jesus is more clear and simple than our work. If we are co-workers, then let's do the work Jesus is doing.

We're back with a DMM Download focused on church being a system or ecosystem. Systems are built and ordered while ecosystems are organic, messy, flexible. They are more like a garden than a machine. Church in America seems to build church system rather than nurturing God’s church ecosystem. This is part 2 of the mini series. 

Today we discuss more about the System and the Ecosystem and specifically how ritual replaced relationship in our churches. We discuss how the machine of church is interfering with the work of God through relationships in church, and how church in Northern Colorado could use more relationships to support growth rather than more machine to produce growth. 

In this episode we continue to discuss the System and the Ecosystem. What Jesus said seems to have been misheard in these days later. There is more to being the church than some of us have experienced. Can we expect a new thing here in North America? Will you pray for it? 

The destination is the redemption of all people…the way to get there is diverse. So each of us at the start of the year can refocus on the vision of Jesus…to seek and save the lost, and we can ask God to show each of us what route we’re supposed to take to get there.

Happy New Year! Happy 2026! We are back and starting the new year off and a new season of DMM Downloads with a conversation that we hear often from church leaders. Will it work here? 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We end 2025 with a DMM Download focused on church being a system or ecosystem. Systems are built and ordered while ecosystems are organic, messy, flexible. They are more like a garden than a machine. Church in America seems to build church system rather than nurturing God’s church ecosystem.

Merry Christmas everyone! We are one week away from celebrating Christmas in Northern Colorado, and we landed today's episode on an unlikely biblical story- the story of Jonah. The assignment given to Jonah was arise and go, but Jonah went in the opposite direction of God's love for the people of Nineveh. Jonah basically said no. I have heard it said that apathy is the opposite of love…Jonah said no to God. Do we?

Delivery systems assessment offers new ideas for new times. We are amazed at the need for a paradigm shift in how we think about and act as the church. In this episode we talk about the need to evaluate and assess the delivery system of the church. How is our delivery system working in the church of North America?

Many of us drive to our churches on Sunday mornings passing the people along the way without paying much attention to the needs of the people around us. Here in Timnath we drive a round about on a street skipping exit 1 and 2 to get to the church building, but DMM has given Jeff a new way to see the people around him as he travels to the church building.

We take a quick look at John 13 where Jesus tells his disciples that people will know they are his disciples by how we love one another. The phrase, they will know us by our love, is taken from this bible verse and is a good point of discussion for today's download. 

One year ago we launched the DMM Downloads Podcast! Thanks to Jeff for being willing to record our conversations as he has been sharing downloads with me for years.