Dr. Linus Morris has been developing leaders for almost all of his 60 years in ministry. He realized early on that the multiplication of leaders was essential to the fulfillment of the Great Commission. In this T3 Zoom Café, Linus shares his journey into Training-The-Trainers & Multiplying Leaders. T3 Zoom Cafés are unscripted discussions around questions & challenges facing those of us pursuing a 2 Timothy 2:2 multiplication strategy. This conversation took place on January 20, 2026.

Doug Dunton served for many years at WordPartners’ Director for Africa. He helped developed national leadership teams in several countries. The LORD richly blessed these teams who saw pastoral training movements spread throughout their countries. In this conversation, Doug shares his journey in multiplying leaders and leadership teams. T3 Zoom Cafés are unscripted discussions around questions & challenges facing those of us pursuing a 2 Timothy 2:2 multiplication strategy.

Doug now leads a ministry called: M2R [Moving to the Right.] The mission of M2R  is to elevate a generation of faithful, godly, developmentally minded leaders for the church, missions, and the workplace. More info about Doug and M2R is found at: https://www.equiptteam.org/partners/m2rministries

In this T3 Zoom Café, we discuss what we look for in a global partner. We follow that up with: what makes you a good global partner for them?!? We dig into how a residual colonial mindset has impacted our partners…and us. We explore one of the colonial legacies: the patrón system where the patrón provides resources, protection and other benefits while the client provides service, labor, loyalty and political support. Are we part of a patrón system? Is that OK? If not, how do we move beyond that? T3 Zoom Cafés are unscripted discussions around questions & challenges facing those of us pursuing a 2 Timothy 2:2 multiplication strategy.

In this unscripted discussion, we wrestle with the question of money and missions, especially as it relates to a train-the-trainers model. On one hand, we are called to generosity, on the other hand we seek build  sustainability and avoid unhealthy dependency on Western resources. The conversation provides some suggestions on how to navigate that complexity. T3 Zoom Cafés are unscripted conversations around questions & challenges facing those of us pursuing a 2 Timothy 2:2 multiplication strategy.

Unscripted discussions around questions & challenges facing those of us pursuing a 2 Timothy 2:2 multiplication strategy.  In this Zoom Café, we explore how to identify those pastors & leaders with the greatest potential to become highly-effective trainers in their own right. We also discuss how to navigate a situation where our partner doesn’t share the vision for a T3  ministry.