"We in FHI are excited about the DNA because it multiplies transformational truths beyond what any single organization could do. It is like a brush-fire spreading from one nation to another. The DNA gives me hope of seeing nations rise up out of poverty."
-Randall Hoag, Ph.D., President, Vision of a Community Fellowship
"The Disciple Nations Alliance presents discipleship as more than one’s relationship with God. Christians are challenged to engage in healing relationships with others and to better steward creation. This wholistic emphasis on the mental, physical, spiritual and social dimensions of discipleship is a missing, and much needed element for the Church in Africa. The training materials are simple without being simplistic, and are appropriate even for communities where there is low literacy. The emphasis on applying God’s Word results in immediate demonstrations of love by local churches, which when sustained, becomes a lifestyle of wholistic outreach."
-Dennis Tongoi, Africa Director, Church Mission Society
"The world is looking for scientific, medical and economic solutions to the Goliaths of our day such as poverty, HIV/AIDS and ideological conflict. However, I am convinced that the real solution is found in a changed mind that will usher people into new attitudes, behaviors and structures. The Disciple Nations Alliance training offers a church-based solution capable of combating the Goliaths and transforming nations."
-Gary Edmonds, President, Breakthrough Partners
"One approach that is gaining momentum is the Disciple Nations Alliance, which aims to teach churches kingdom values from a theistic framework that promotes development. Darrow Miller, in his 1998 book, Discipling Nations, asserts that unbiblical worldviews, either secular or animistic, play a huge role in keeping people in poverty. By transforming people’s thinking, Miller says, ‘you can transform their circumstances . . . from a missions perspective, the best wholistic mission is done hand in hand with area churches, which understand local needs and are there to guide spiritual development.’"
-Stan Guthrie, Managing Editor, Evangelical Missions Quarterly
The Disciple Nations Alliance training provides the philosophical foundation for our pastoral training. I have been using Disciple Nations Alliance resources at all levels of education (formal, non-formal, and informal). Discipling Nations It is required reading for all my students.
-Hans-Martin Wilhelm Jr. Th.D., Senior Associate, Holistic Mission with TOPIC (Trainer of Pastors International Coalition)
The material that Mr. Miller and Mr. Moffit have put together has changed my life. I am currently implementing many of their suggestions personally in hopes of impacting my own community and church for the Kingdom.
– John Freyler Jr.
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