This work began in Kenya when a young Moslem boy named Aila learned that Jesus could forgive his sins, and chose to become a disciple. Despite great hardships his faith grew, and one day he received a vision of cabbages growing in the desert.

That vision from God led Dr. Aila Tasse back to his people and the other unreached tribes of Northern Kenya. Dr. Aila is widely recognized as an early pioneer of Disciple Making Movements. Now in more than 30 countries, Lifeway Global catalyzed some of the first Disciple Making Movements in Eastern Africa with consistent multiplication year over year. To date, Lifeway has catalyzed more than 70 documented Disciple Making Movements.

Lifeway disciple makers serve compassionately and connect unreached people with God’s Word. New disciples learn to love God and their neighbors by practicing simple faith and simple obedience. Be a disciple – make a disciple.

With much prayer and constant attention to leadership training, Lifeway Global pursues the vision of seeing disciples multiply across the desolate regions of Northern Kenya, the nations of Eastern Africa, and the world.

In 2015, Lifeway began gathering other disciple making practitioners each summer for a Global DMM Catalyst Camp. As leaders from around the world meet together, they receive encouragement and exchange best practices. In 2025, more than 350 DMM practitioners from 49 countries gathered in Nairobi for Catalyst Camp.

Disciple Making Movements are not just happening in Africa. God has been doing something new throughout the world, and Lifeway Global is on the leading edge of this new work.

By the end of 2025, disciple makers in Lifeway networks across Eastern Africa alone had engaged 175 unreached people groups and documented 433,202 new disciples.

• 44,794 leaders have been trained
• 58,303 Discovery Bible Study groups formed
• 27,865 churches started