The Proximity Effect

Why is a disciple-making movement growing at an unprecedented rate in a part of the world where there is both cultural and political opposition to Christianity?

Why is the western church (which has more freedom and resources than any time in history) producing spiritual consumers, but not disciples?

These are the questions that led us to northern India in 2023 to discover how a one-on-one disciple-making movement has produced 30 million disciples in the last 30 years. In partnership with The Fortress Foundation, we are producing a documentary called The Proximity Effect about an unlikely pairing of Christ-followers making an unbelievable discovery and wondering what we can learn and apply at home.

What we mean by “The Proximity Effect” is this - the closer you are to Jesus, the harder it is to remain unchanged. That mindset, applied to one-on-one disciple making, turns out to be the ‘secret-sauce’ to the growth of a movement that no one is talking about.

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Two Eight’s role, along with the Fortress Foundation, to oversee all aspect of the documentary production with the goal of getting it marketed as widely as possible - so that people can learn from and be encouraged by this truly remarkable disciple-making movement