Learning Center Ministries grew out of a simple burden: helping believers move beyond lifelong listening into confident discipleship. After years of teaching and ministry in the local church, it became clear that many believers loved Christ deeply but lacked the training to explain, defend, and pass on what they believed.

Some years ago, I held a conference on cult evangelism at a church. Later, the pastor contacted me with a unique request. It was July, and their church was holding Vacation Bible School. But they had nothing planned for some of the older members, faithful saints in their 60s, 70s, and even 80s. He asked, “Would you be willing to come Monday through Friday, from 7 to 9 each night, and teach them something?”

I said, “Absolutely. I have just the thing in mind.”

That Monday evening, if I remember right, 17 of them showed up. Most had been in church for years. They loved the LORD. But like so many today, they had never been discipled; no one had taken them step by step through basic truths that reach the permanent memory and trained them to share them with others.

Each night, I taught just two simple truths. And each night, I challenged them to call two people before the next evening and teach them what they had just learned (they could say it from memory). That rhythm continued all week. Two truths a night. Two people to teach. Each day they studied. By the end of the week, they could repeat everything from memory.

On Friday, I asked, “How many of you would commit to discipling others with what you’ve learned, not just for a while, but for the rest of your lives?” And every hand went up.
It was a moment I’ll never forget.

In September, the same pastor called me again. He invited me to speak at his Labor Day all-night service from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., followed by a meal and fellowship until midnight.

When he introduced me, he said something I’ll never forget: “I don’t know what Dave Weeks did with those people in his class, but they have started a revival in our church that continues to spread.”

Those precious people had once been un-discipled, but they were so thankful someone had taken the time to teach them that they determined to remain faithful to the LORD and help others learn the same way.
That week of Vacation Bible School still reminds me that discipling is not reserved for the young or pastors alone. Even saints in their sixties, seventies, and eighties discovered the joy of multiplying their faith. 

That is the heartbeat of a Learning Center.

What happened in that small class is what could happen in every church. Imagine if pastors and leaders everywhere trained even a handful of believers to teach others what they know faithfully, step by step, until it becomes a lifestyle. The church would not only grow; it would multiply.