The Cost of Disciple Drift
Your church already believes in discipleship — your budget proves it. This report names what that investment is losing to Drift, and includes a live calculator built from nationally representative data.
Born in Born in Jacksonville • Designed for the Black Church
Is your pastor's message too important to end on Sunday?
Multiply is a platform built to end Disciple Drift. We are selecting Jacksonville's most impactful Black pastors for Between Sundays — a series that celebrates their calling, honoring their story in a way their congregation has never heard it, and gifting the church a free week-long discipleship experience built from their own sermon. We just need an introduction.
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Introduce Us
Use the buttons on each card to text or email an introduction to your pastor or church leadership — in one tap.
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We Build the Experience
As a completely free gift, we take your pastor's chosen sermon and build a week-long discipleship experience — devotional, small group guide, and social content.
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We Honor Their Story
We sit down with your pastor to celebrate their calling — honoring their story in a way their congregation has never heard it.
The Jacksonville Wish List
We have researched the ministries making deep community impacts across Northeast Florida. These are the leaders we want to honor.
Why they are on the list:
Pastor Brown's structural clarity — built around "Embrace, Explore, and Engage" — gives Emanuel a compelling formation framework. We want to honor his leadership and explore how those three pillars carry the congregation through the week after Sunday.
Why they are on the list:
Celebrating over a century of ministry with a deep educational footprint through the R.E.A.C.H. Academy, Abyssinia is a discipleship institution. We want to honor Dr. Diamond's six-step "Salvation Journey" framework and explore how it extends into the spaces between Sundays.
Why they are on the list:
Second Missionary's push toward digital-first connectivity — including their custom mobile app and G.I.G. (Growing In Grace) midweek services — shows a congregation serious about formation beyond Sunday. We want to honor that vision and explore how the sermon can keep working all week.
Why they are on the list:
A commanding presence on Jacksonville's Northside with deep youth development roots through the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project. We want to honor Dr. Thompson's generational vision and explore how Macedonia bridges Sunday proclamation and weekday formation.
Why they are on the list:
An elite cultural landmark in Jacksonville's history. Rev. Dr. Page's prophetic voice deserves to reach far beyond the sanctuary walls. We want to honor her stewardship and explore how the sermon she preaches on Sunday can keep forming the congregation through Saturday.
Don't see your church on the list?
We are always looking for leaders who are passionate about spiritual formation beyond Sunday.
Leslie B. James
Founder · Multiply Mission · Pastor · Church Planter
Pastor, church planter, and infrastructure builder. Between Sundays is his attempt to honor the pastors who already believe the sermon shouldn't end on Sunday.
Each Between Sundays episode contributes to the Multiply Research Lab's ongoing documentation of disciple drift patterns in the Black church — building the first city-by-city field record of what pastors are seeing and what God is showing them.
View the Lab →From the Research Lab
All 20 articles →The gap between Sunday and Monday isn't a new problem — it's a documented one. These two articles from the Multiply Research Lab explain what Disciple Drift costs churches and what it takes to close the gap.
Decision-Maker Research
Sermon Extension
The Second Life of a Sermon
Without reinforcement, humans forget 90% of what they hear within a week. Discover how the Weekly Learn step beats the forgetting curve — and why the sermon your pastor preached Sunday is still preaching if you give it somewhere to go.
Between Sundays
Nominate a Pastor
Whether you are a church member who wants to honor your pastor, or a pastor recommending a colleague — we want to hear from you.