Celebrating 20 Years of God’s Blessing
August 1989 to 2009
Middleton Report
Dear Friends &
Ministry Partners,
“The one who calls you is faithful and He
will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24
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On August 1 1989 Dynamic Churches
International began with the vision “to have
sufficient trainers equipped and
helping Pastors and Christian leaders
develop enough dynamic disciple-
making churches to reach each
community in every country of the
world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
We have many to thank for this vision of being
a part of fulfilling the Great Commission.
Certainly our years with Campus Crusade for
Christ (now Power to Change) and specifically
the passion and vision of Dr. Bill Bright to
strategically plan to reach the whole world with
the gospel of Jesus Christ. Also Rev. Al
Broom of Church Dynamics in California who
had developed a strategy to equip Church
leaders. His insights helped us greatly as we
put together our resources and wrote the One-
to-One Discipling materials.
While participating in Jesus film projects
in Mexico and Brazil we became increasingly
aware of the need to equip the churches to
follow-up those who received Christ as their
Savior.
The Vision for DCI was Born in Mexico
City. Having shown the Jesus film and seen
thousands of people receive Christ, I looked
out over the city as far as I could see, (which
wasn’t far because of the terrible smog), and
knowing that there were 20 million people in
Mexico City at that time, I thought, “How
many times would we have to send teams
to do this in order to reach them all”. It
seemed like a daunting task even if they
stopped having any more babies – which was
not likely to happen!
There had to be a Better Way!
I had a growing conviction that we needed to
take God’s command seriously to make
disciples who would make disciples until there
were enough witnessing disciples to share the Good News
of the Gospel with every person on earth. To do this the
local church had to be the equipping center in each
community.
DCI Was Born!
I prayed for God to show us what we must do and He gave
the vision to do what we are doing today – although it has
been clarified and developed over the years – the vision
and strategy have changed very little.
John Dueck and Eldon Babcock shared a common
vision so we agreed to begin DCI together. I resigned
from Campus Crusade for Christ on July 15 and we
planned to begin DCI on August 1, 1989.
God Will Do It!!
On July 27, Mary and I were in Saskatchewan and when
we returned home there was a note on the door to call our
son Mark no matter how late it was. He indeed had bad
news for us! Our daughter Joan and her husband Earl
had been in a serious motorcycle accident in the
mountains. By the time we arrived home they had both
been flown by helicopter ambulance to an Edmonton
hospital, were in ICU and were being treated for multiple
injuries and broken bones. At one point we were not sure
Earl would pull through. They were in the hospital for
several months and it was a very difficult time for them!
It was also a difficult time for Mary and me and a very
challenging time to launch a new ministry. In it all God
made it very clear that this ministry was not going to be
something that we would do – but could only be what
God would do!
Dave and Sheila Hunt joined the team and John, Eldon and
Dave helped develop the discipleship and training
materials. These too have changed over the years as we
have grown in our understanding of how to serve the
church and help them make more and better disciples.
International Opportunities!
Even before we had anything but a vision and a plan God
opened up 2 international opportunities. John and I shared
the vision with Fred Magbanua the director of Far East
Broadcasting in the Philippines. He said, “You must
come and help us!” We also got an invitation to go to
India with Herb Reinhardt who was a missionary in India for
many years. We traveled to both countries in January of
1991. In India we recruited Rev. Dr. I.G. Sundararajan to
be our DCI representative there. He had been a disciple of
Herb Reinhardt. Within one year after that we were able to
travel back to the Southern Philippines where we recruited
Jing Estrella as our Philippine Director. Both of these
men have continued to serve faithfully with us and we
consider it a privilege to work with them.
Expanding the Ministry:
Over the years we have set goals and each time God has
exceeded our goals. But it has often been met with
opposition from the enemy! For example in 1992, when I
was about to head to the Philippines to establish the DCI
ministry there, John’s wife Gladdie Mae was in a serious
accident. It was hard to go but we felt we should send
Satan a message that we trust God and we would not be
intimidated.
In 1993 when we were heading off to launch DCI in Latin
America, Sheila Hunt collapsed on the kitchen floor. It
was discovered that she had a brain tumor and would need
an operation. I have always been impressed with the
determination of our team to keep moving forward no
matter what – so we did!
By the way Joan, Gladdie Mae and Sheila are all doing fine
and they know that it was God who brought them
through!!
And so the story goes – and so the ministry grows!
As we now look back over these 20 years we marvel at
the grace of God! He opens the doors and we simply
walk in knowing that whatever happens will be because He
did it and so we find it easy to give Him all the glory!!
Family:
I am thankful for the wonderful partner that Mary has
been to me. She has served God with such passion and
commitment to the vision that God called us to accomplish.
She has put in many long hours and kept the administrative
details in order. I simply could not have done it without
her!! Our children have also encouraged us and stood
by us even though it meant us moving away from them
when we went to the U.S. for 5 years.
We have grown spiritually as a family, because when you
have to depend totally on God for your existence you
get to know Him and learn from experience that He is
totally trustworthy!
We have also grown in numbers. 20 years ago Mary and I
had 3 married children and 3 grandchildren. Today we
have 8 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. What
a joy it has been to see them grow and each have learned
to put their trust in God as their Savior and the Lord of
their lives.
Joan and the twins, Reggie and Robert will be in Peru from
August 10-25 on a mission trip – please pray for them!!
Faithful Leaders:
I am thankful to God for all who have led DCI to where it is
today. For those who have served on the Board:
John Dueck Eldon Babcock
Dave Hunt Brian Dunning
Bill Wong Guy Bonnier
And also those who are our present Board Members:
Larry Kolskog Ron Nelson
Peter Jarman Sig Schuster
Wayne Jorstad
Through their wise and steady counsel they have moved
DCI towards the vision that God so clearly gave us. They
have been such a blessing and encouragement to me.
Have We Made a Difference?
We all want to believe that our lives are making a
difference and that we are making the world a better place.
The following are what some of the DCI Staff and Pastors
have reported to us:
Thaddee Lombe, DCI Lubumbashi. D.R. Congo.
Dear Brother Al, I still don’t know how much to thank you for
your ministry. Since I met with you my way of serving God
has changed. I had 22 years of ministry before I met with
you. The church you were in when you were in the Congo
was started 17-11-1993 but still I never experienced what I
am seeing today, with DCI methods-although it takes some
time-still the growth is Just Explosive. I was having 2
churches planted in the city since 1993, but now we are
planning to have more for next year. When the leaders
become the coaches, more Life Groups will be established
all over the city and we will use the opportunity to plant
more churches with the Explosive Growth disciple-making
process. Our church has doubled within 8 months. As I met
with you and understood your vision, and applied the DCI
Disciple-Making strategies, our church became a living
testimony in the city, so thank you brother for your ministry.
While I was in Namibia for a month training pastors there,
my associate pastor continued to apply DCI Disciple-Making
strategies while I was away and he baptized 25 new souls, I
am very grateful for that, to God be the glory and honor.
May God continue to bless you more and more.
Pastor Deonarayan: I am Pastor
Deonarayan I work under the Leadership
Training Centre as an Evangelist. I am so
thankful to God and DCI for changing my
entire life. I am now a new person in
Christ. My family, my neighbours, my
friends and all my villagers think that I
am a new Deonarayan. It is because of
attending DCI training and applying its
teaching to my life. Without any delay, I started giving
training from DCI curriculum to my church members and it is
impacting the total community now. If you ask me about my
previous life, I am so ashamed of how I lived earlier. I was a
big problem to my family and friends. I was quarrelsome and
loved to fight with others. No body trusted me because of
what I was.
Evangelist Yongkhon: Praise the
Lord! I am Yongkhon from the state of
Arunachal Pradesh in North Eastern India.
My State government passed Anti
Conversion Bill a few years ago. Many believers are being
persecuted and many churches have been burned down.
I am married and blessed with 2 children.
Two years ago I went to LTC Siliguri for training. I and my
class mates were taught DCI curriculum. I was so inspired
and challenged by the course which was taught by Moala
Kashung. I could not wait to go to the non believers and
reach them through DCI. Soon after my graduation I joined
an organization where I could not fully get opportunity to
exercise what I learned because I was put in office work. I
immediately resigned from it and went to Arunachal Pradesh
which borders on Myanmar and started door to door
evangelism. Amidst persecution, I and my 2 other friends
have started 7 house fellowships through DCI. I am also
translating DCI to Tangsa language which is spoken even in
Eastern Myanmar as well as in certain parts of Arunachal.
Please pray for me.
In addition to training and serving the churches in their city
or country, over the 20 years we have taken trips to:
Al Other Staff Total
Canadian Cities 30 26 = 56
Other Countries 82 32 = 114
Total Ministry Trips 112 58 = 170
You Have Been a Vital Part of all that has been
Accomplished! Without your prayers and your generous
support we would never have been able to see God do
such amazing things. We have always considered you
as our partners. Now we can praise Him together for
what He has done!!
Are We There Yet? No Not Yet!
Like children traveling to a favorite destination they will
often ask, “Are we there yet?” We too are anxiously
anticipating the arrival at our destination – The fulfillment of
the Great Commission! But we still have a long way to
go. The following is what we trust God will do as we
work with and through many other organizations:
A Window to the Future of Dynamic Churches
International:
 To Reach the World with the Gospel of Christ…
 We must Reach each Country
 To Reach each Country…
 We must Reach each City
 To Reach each City…
 We must Reach each Community
 Each Church must Reach it’s own Community
 We Need Enough Churches to Reach Every
Person in Every Community in Each Country

Goals for 2009/2010:

Today the ministry of Dynamic Churches International is
 10 New Countries
serving in 30 countries on 5 continents and with part or
 5 New Languages
all of our discipleship and leader training materials
 15 New Staff
translated into 35 languages.
 200 New Trainers
 Our Financial Goal would be to increase from
We are grateful to God for the faithful people that He has $190,000 to $370,000 annually.
brought to our ministry - 47 who would consider
themselves DCI Staff and another 132 who are trainers. If Each Year for the Next 10 Years:
Often they are volunteers with us and many serve in other Each DCI Staff recruited and trained One New Staff
organizations but are using the DCI strategy and materials Each Trainer Recruited and trained One New Trainer
to equip Pastors, Church Planters and Church leaders
Each Trained Church Trained or Planted Two Other
within their own ministry. Thousands of Churches have Churches
been planted through these organizations with our DCI We could accomplish the following goals!
model.
Goals for the end of 2018:
Our Website:  Countries and Regions 313
Thank you to Jim Klaas and John Ringness who set up all  Translations 3,828
of our English discipleship and training materials on the  Books Printed 590,490,000
website. There are also some of the French and Spanish  DCI Staff 15,360
materials as well. Check it out at:  DCI Trainers 51,200
www.dynamicchurches.org  Participating Churches 17,714,700
 Estimated Budget $118,870,859
We plan to have all of our materials in all languages
available for anyone to download. This will be a lot of work! Results:
 By Networking with Other Ministries we could
National DCI Representatives: establish DCI in every Country
We are so grateful for the National DCI Staff and Trainers  Millions of Churches could be Planted
who have modeled Discipleship and trained thousands  Millions of People could Receive Christ and
of Pastors, Church Planters and Church Leaders. become Disciples and Disciple-Makers
There is no way for us to know how many lives have been  Neighborhoods Reached
changed, how many churches have been planted and the  Cities Reached
impact that has been made on existing churches and on  Nations Reached
communities all over the world!  Great Commission Fulfilled!
Transforming Communities:
Communities will be transformed when individual lives are
changed by the Love of God and the Power of the Holy
Spirit. As many people receive Christ as their Savior and
become disciples of Christ, they will live like Christ in all
aspects of their lives! By doing deeds of kindness they will
demonstrate the Love of God. They will transform the
Physical, Social, Emotional, Educational,
Environmental and the Spiritual aspects of their
community - as Jesus would do!
We will know the Great Commission has been Fulfilled
when the Community has been Transformed!!
Financial Strategy:
 Raise $25,000,000 and place in a Trust (It may
build over several years). .
 Invest $25,000,000 in safe yet high yield
investments so it will multiply to produce
$120,000,000 over 10 years, to be given as
resources to DCI each year as we need it.
Action Needed:
 Pray, Pray, Pray!
 Establish a Trust (It is being set up at this time)
 Identify Potential Investors
 Share the Vision and Strategy with potential
investors
 Expand the Leadership of DCI to facilitate the
Increasing Growth
 Trust God to make it happen!
Global Trainers:
We will need thousands of National Staff and Trainers to
be equipped to train the churches in each country.
We are looking for people who would be interested in
joining us as we move forward into the future that God has
planned for us. If you are interested in being trained to
travel into other countries to equip National Leaders
then contact me. I would be pleased to talk with you!
Prayer Partners:
We need to develop a much stronger base of prayer
than we presently have. If you would be willing to meet
together with a group of people or pray on your own for
the DCI Ministry and our wonderful Staff and Trainers
around the world then let me know of your interest and
we will keep you informed of needs and opportunities that
you can pray for.
There are challenging Days ahead as we continue
accomplishing the vision God has given us!
We Need Your Prayers More than Ever!!!
Thank You:
I want to say a very special thank you to each of you
who has so faithfully partnered with us over these last
20 years. It has been a great adventure and Mary and I
have needed and appreciated your friendship, prayers
and encouragement.

Finances: God has been faithful – and He has done it!!

We plan to raise $25 Million dollars in the next few years.
Do you want to make a great investment in the Kingdom of Your brother and sister in Christ,
God? Every dollar you donate to the Trust described
above could provide $5 for ministry over the next 10
years. Any amount large or small will make a
significant difference! Ask me I would be happy show
Al and Mary Middleton
you our strategy.

Leadership Continues to be a Great Need:

DCI Board of Directors
Executive Director Dynamic Churches International
 International Director 164 Stonegate Close
 Training Director Airdrie, AB. T4B 2V2
 Prayer Director Phone/Fax: (403) 912-4438
 Administrator
 Accounting E-mail: dcimiddleton@shaw.ca
 Material Developer Website: www.dynamicchurches.org
 Website and Multimedia Developer
 Trust Fund
 Investment Advisors
 Investor Recruiters

Expanding the Team:

We need a strong leadership base at home to administrate
the ever expanding global effort. Do you have
administrative gifts and would you be willing to invest
your life in this ministry to accomplish the greatest
challenge on earth? Call me!