WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

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Allan Taylor, Executive Pastor
First Baptist Concord, Knoxville, TN

"While serving at the First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Georgia, Bill Wilks came and led my Education staff through D-Life training. We were amazed! D-Life is simple, yet profound. It has the basic ingredients of fellowship, Bible study, and prayer; but finally, a discipleship strategy that incorporates ministry, accountability, and . . . drum roll please . . . multiplication! If you are looking for a discipleship process that both makes and multiples disciples of Jesus Christ, then this is it."

"Recently, Bill and Rondie led D-Life training for me at First Baptist Concord in Knoxville, Tennessee. Ninety people stayed after church in bad weather learning to be disciple makers! I couldn't be more pleased. Our people were buzzing about the training. Bill, you and Rondie knocked it out of the park."

VIDEO TESTIMONY

Mark Hopper, New Believer
​D-Life Salvation Testimony

Mark's wife prayed for his salvation for over 18 years. As a result, Mark got connected with a D-Life D-Group, which led to him putting his faith in Christ. This is an incredible story of salvation, spiritual growth, missional ministry, and multiplication.
I continually hear stories like this that are taking place through D-Life in other groups around the world. To God be the glory!

More Testimonies

John Johnston, Discipleship Pastor
First Baptist Church, Prattville, Alabama

"As a Discipleship Pastor, I am constantly seeking effective ways to help disciples make disciples. I’d heard many positive reports about Bill and Rondie Wilks and D-Life Boot Camps, so I reached out to Bill to lead training at our church. Boy, am I glad I did! Bill provides a simple but biblical process, based on the way Jesus trained his disciples. The four hours went by quickly as Bill shared principles from Scripture, stories of men and women transformed by D-Groups, and he provided a model of a D-Group gathering. The best part? Nearly everyone who attended made a commitment to start a D-Group right away! If you’re on the fence about hosting a D-Life Boot Camp, get off the fence and get in touch with Bill today!"

Barry Owen, Discipleship Pastor
Lawndale Baptist Church, Greensboro, North Carolina

"It was such a blessing to have Bill & Rondie bring D-Life to our church. God is multiplying this ministry in ways I can’t keep up. An eighty-four-year-old man in our church had been in a group for eight months. He wanted to reach men in his subdivision, so he left this group to start his own. None of the men in his subdivision attended our church, but he was concerned about the eternal destination of his neighbors. He started a new D-Group in his subdivision and had four to six men who began to show up every week. That’s why you do D-Life. It’s all about multiplication."

Robbie Norman, Discipleship Pastor
First Baptist Church, Statesboro, Georgia

"We had the pleasure of hosting Bill and Rondie Wilks as they led an excellent D-Life Bootcamp. Their genuine enthusiasm for disciple-making truly shines and is wonderfully contagious. Their practical training motivated our people to embrace the exciting role of becoming multiplying disciple-makers. Over twenty individuals joyfully committed to leading a D-Group, with many more eager to get involved. The Bootcamp became an inspiring catalyst, turning our shared vision into action and helping our church move closer to fulfilling the Great Commission!"

Tim Smith, Associational Mission Strategist
Floyd County Baptist Association, Rome, Georgia

"I use the D-Life weekly study guides for my personal devotion and also with my D-Group. When leading conferences or when I’m consulting with a church, I share with them about D-Life. I use D-Life because it is Bible based. Nothing creates spiritual growth better than the daily discipline of reading and studying God’s Word. D-Life is discussion oriented so that everyone can be involved. The discussion questions are great. Another reason I use D-Life is the emphasis on shared responsibilities. Each week a different person has a job. They are “praying it," “telling it," “reading it," or “leading it." The goal of my D-Life group is to reproduce disciple-makers. After a few months of D-Life, everyone is experienced and they have all they need to lead a new D-Group."

Jim Hamilton, Lead Pastor
Anchor of Hope Church, Kenai, Alaska

”As a disciple maker for many years, my feedback is that the D-Life process is the real deal. It finds the simplicity in the complexity of helping believers be and make disciples. After our recent D-Life Boot Camp with Bill and Rondie, Anchor of Hope Church is launching 8-12 groups in August as school starts up. We will also promote D-Life groups to the 300 plus who will be at our back-to-school bash to see if we can get some folks signed up from the community. Burch Ridge Church in Soldotna, AK, brought 30 something folks to the boot camp, and they too are all in. They are planning a major launch in August and are building their ministries around D-Life."

Geovanny Valverde, Acts of Love Missions Ministry
Huarorani Village, Ecuador

"In Ecuador, we led two D-Life Boot Camps in different communities using the Spanish D-Life materials. In these communities, leaders from other communities also participated. One of the communities involved the Huaroani tribe, where missionary Jim Elliot and five other missionaries were killed in 1956. Pastors from these communities walked hours to be equipped to lead a disciple-making movement in Ecuador. D-Life Is a true disciple-making movement. The main goal of D-Life is to train believers around the world to be a disciple-maker for the rest of their lives. These leaders accepted the challenge of implementing D-Life in their communities, Praise the Lord. Thank you Billl Wilks for giving me the opportunity to bring D-LIfe to Ecuador."​

Pastor J, Pastor in India
South Asia

“The D-Life (Discipleship Life) model, originally developed to promote lifestyle discipleship, has begun to influence communities across India by offering a simple, reproducible Bible study method that transcends linguistic and cultural barriers. Every step is meaningful in the life of the people. We trained 12 disciples in which we have taught evangelism and the D-Life Bible study inductive method. Those 12 disciples taught it to their dear believers. Through this we have conducted more than 250 bible study groups and by this about 70 have been born again with water and Spirit.”

Pastor Bill & Jamie Farris
Memorial Church, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

"I can speak personally for me and my wife. D-Life was exactly what we were needing in our lives. Here’s the concept…read the Bible and talk about it! Man has made things way too hard. Also, here is what D-Life has done in just a few short months with our group. People are growing simply because they are in the Word. It’s raising up future healthy church members. They are more comfortable praying out loud for one another. It’s raising future ministry leaders. It holds one another accountable. It challenges you to serve like Jesus! People are hungry for discipleship because people are asking to join the group. I love it!"

Pastor Tony Darnell
West Hills Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"The D-Life Boot Camp has been an absolute blessing! The gospel-saturated, simplistic tool, which is easily reproduced, has instilled confidence in congregants of our church to live the Great Commission. As we pray for revival, this tool has helped re-ignite a desire to create disciples who make disciples for God’s glory. This local church pastor could not bemore excited to see how God will useD-Life to push back the darkness andgrow the Kingdom of God. D-Life is a great resource for anyone pastor who desires to instill a disciple-making culture."

Paul Cowles, Lead Pastor
Friendship Baptist Church, Warner Robins, Georgia

"Every church and pastor should want a good discipleship process to be in place. I was no exception. For years, I searched and experimented with a variety of “discipleship programs.” Everything we tried started with a big splash and fizzled out in a relatively short time. I began to pray about a discipleship method that would resonate with our members and grow over time, while truly making disciples. AND I FOUND IT ALL in D-Life! This is a discipleship process that really becomes a lifestyle. It’s simple, affordable, effective, and comprehensive—and it gets results as unbelievers, new believers, and seasoned believers all benefit in their walk with the Lord and their impact on others. We are in our fourth year of success with D-Life and I highly recommend without any reservation this life-changing discipleship lifestyle! If you’re skeptical or have questions, call me!"

Beau Berdow, Discipleship Pastor
Northcrest Baptist Church, Meridian, Mississippi

“We are halfway through year 5 of D-Life and back to the NT1 Journal. We have seen baptisms, new deacons, new teachers, new leaders and salvations as a result of D-Life Groups serving in the community. D-Life has been a catalyst for a lot of spiritual growth of our people. To God be the Glory!”

Kris Segrest, Lead Pastor
The Cross Church, Wylie, Texas

"D-Life is making discipleship real for our people. We finally have a tool that can be used at all age-levels and stages of life with the Bible as the textbook. For too long, the church has made discipleship about curriculum and programs. D-Life puts disciple-making in the context of real life for real people."

Chad & Wendy Rising, Lead Pastor and Wife
Blacks Creek Baptist Church, Commerce, Georgia

Our D-Life Bootcamp was way beyond what we hoped for and imagined! We've had a fantastic response from our church family and we are excited about seeing our people transformed! It's already taking place. We've moved from 3 groups to 8 groups as of today!  We have 33 people involved and some of us are leading 2 groups.  Of the 20 year olds that attended the boot camp, all of them signed up to be in a group and 2 of them also signed up to lead a group. So we have 2 groups of that age  group. Thank you both for your commitment to Jesus and The Great Commission!

Jim Turnbo, Executive Director
Golden Triangle Baptist Network, Beaumont, TX

"D-Life is the most solid and simple disciple-making process I have ever seen. Personally, I am in my second year of using D-Life and it is awesome. There is not a newsletter that goes out to the Association that does not mention D-Life."

Tim Henning, Bi-Vocational Pastor
New Beginnings Fellowship, Trussville, Alabama

"For the last three years, D-Life has been the foundation of our church's ministry. Since we have been doing D-Life we have far more people consistently reading the Bible, we are seeing accelerated spiritual growth, and relationships are deeper and closer.. I highly recommend D-Life for the local church."

Kenny Stevens, Pastor & Church Planter
Crossland Church, Stilesville, Indiana

"If I could take one tool in my suit case on the mission field or as a church planter, I would take D-Life."

Gary Brittian, Baptist Campus Minister
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama

"D-Life is spreading throughout our campus and is having a great impact on our students. We have as many students involved in D-Life as attend our main weekly Bible study."