About Us

Who We Are?

James and Marci Langston have spent most of their lives around missions. They both grew up on the mission field. Marci lived in Guatemala, playing with other kids on the street and learning Spanish. God gave her a heart for seeing the gospel work its way into other cultures. James grew up in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Playing soccer in the village, eating sadza, drinking chai and loving the African people and their culture.
 
They met in college, got married, had 3 kids, applied with the imb and moved to Africa… (in just that order.) For the first few years they lived in a really nice hut in southern Zambia. They saw the power of the gospel firsthand as God planted churches among an unreached people group. They watched as the Holy Spirit raised up leaders. They fell in love with the Tonga people; laughing together with them as they walked dirt paths, and weeping with them at their funerals. After 11 years in Zambia they returned to Arkansas. Their 3 kids (Taylor, Emily and Micah) are now all in college and also love missions. 
 
James also served as missions pastor of his home church and led a small mission organization before God called them to start The Multiply Initiative. He and Marci have trained in conferences and churches all over the US and in different countries around the world to make multiplying disciples.

What We Do?

We work with many national partners in different countries. These men and women are often the catalysts on the ground that the Holy Spirit uses to start Disciple Making Movements. To be considered as a national partner with The Multiply Initiative these individuals are required to go through our vision and strategy training (God’s Heart and 4 Fields). This usually takes 3 to 4 days in a cross-cultural setting. This is not a conference but rather strategic on-the-job training that requires participants to go out and practice what they are learning in gospel sharing and discipleship.

We help equip churches to share the gospel in a very simple and effective way! This training (called ‘Why, How & Who’), can include children, youth and adults. It takes about an hour and is often conducted in place of a Sunday or Wednesday evening service. In a separate session we can also train your church how to gather believers together and disciple them in a simple format that can easily be reproduced (called ‘3-Thirds Training’).

Are you looking to make your short-term mission teams more strategic? We can help train teams or new missionaries preparing for their first term overseas. We are also able to come alongside long term missionaries interested in learning a biblical vision and strategy framework known as H4F (Heart and 4-Fields). This framework is used effectively by a number of mission organizations around the world. God has used H4F mightily to start a number of Church planting movements and Disciple making movements!

God has called us to cast vision and encourage the church in the area of Kingdom multiplication! We work with churches of different sizes and denominations, both in the US and abroad, to help inspire and equip them for ministry. We can also humbly serve in a consultant role for organizations that would like to brainstorm how their ministries can be more simple and reproducible. Contact us today with any questions you may have!