Not doctrine as an end
in itself, but Christ formed in you.
The goal of the GMDS is not information about Christ but the formation of Christ within the disciple — "my little children, for whom I labour in birth again until Christ be formed in you."
Galatians 4:19
Six questions, one formation.
Each cohort walks through six interlocking commitments — not a curriculum to complete once, but a rhythm to keep for life.
Lordship & Discovery Bible Study
A daily rhythm of encountering Scripture directly through Discovery Bible Study, submitting every area of life to Christ's lordship rather than treating the Bible as a subject to master.
SHAPE Identity Discovery
A guided process of identifying your Spiritual gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, and Experience — so your discipleship of others flows from who God actually made you to be.
Barnabas Mentorship
Every disciple walks under the visible, accountable encouragement of a "Barnabas" — a mentor who watches over their formation and calls out what God is already doing in them.
Timothy Triads
Every disciple simultaneously invests in two "Timothys" of their own, in a triad of mutual accountability — disciples are formed by making disciples, not after making disciples.
Victory Rooms
A high-volume, one-hour daily virtual gathering for real-time accountability, prayer, and the ordinary battles of obedience — formation happens in the small daily room, not only the big annual conference.
Macedonia Deployment
Every cohort concludes with deployment — sent out like Paul's Macedonian call, planting what they've received into a new context, a new triad, or a new field.
What costs nothing, and what doesn't.
Always free
Every book, devotional, and foundational teaching across the whole movement remains completely free — nothing in The Overflow is ever paywalled.
Tuition-based
Structured cohort training — the guided, accountable journey through the six questions above, with a Barnabas mentor and a live cohort — operates on a tuition-fee basis, since it requires real, ongoing pastoral capacity to run well.
How training is delivered
An agile hybrid framework: high-volume virtual one-hour daily Victory Room sessions, a weekly global video cohort call with the wider GMDS community, and periodic strategic regional face-to-face intensive encounters.