Allyson Kuczmynda – Church Development network

Dinner & DBS

Charmaine of Bridgeport, PA, writes: “I have a steady Thursday night prayer & Bible study group that has been using [DBS] for a few months now. We are also using it as a family. We have a weekly family DBS after dinner every Monday. My mom lives with us, so we have 3 generations and we all learn and contribute to the discussion. It’s been such a rich experience.

I love that my kids are learning early that they can go straight to scripture without needing an interpreter, and that the Holy Spirit will help them learn and understand. They are living out the truth that scripture is the authority. My oldest son is very bright and analytic, and is very perceptive in the Bible study. He is the type who needs to learn things for himself, so this method is absolutely right for him.

DBS has been so great for us as a family that I wanted to share it with another family who is not part of a church, but is wanting to live as disciples and raise their children in the Lord. We had them over for dinner last Monday and did our DBS after dinner together. I cannot even put into words what beauty came from that evening. The father of the family was deeply touched by the presence of the spirit and shared a tearful story of his life and his fears. God was moving! Last night they did their first DBS together around their family dinner table. “

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Multiplying DBS

Pastor Joel Guzman and a team from El Remanente Church in the Bronx, NY, participated in DBS training via Zoom in 2020 along with several pastors in the Dominican Republic and US. Since that time, they’ve been fruitfully living out the Great Commission! Pastor Joel reports that:
* Pastor Juan Antonio Cortijo Restityo planted a church in the Santiago area of DR, a church for the blind, and an additional church plant.
* Pastor Edward Ventura trained two lay leaders in DBS, which has resulted in a virtual church in the Dominican Republic and a new church in Peru.
* Pastor Pedro Guerrero participated in DBS training and is now readying a group to plant a church in The Bronx.
* Pastors Edward Ventura and David Ulloa relocated to Florida where the’ve started two new DBS groups, while another leader moved to Waterbury, CT and is gathering a new group there.