Zúme - Multiplying Disciples

The Salvation Poem Project has launched a New Believer Course online among their efforts to find people hungry for God across the internet. As people begin and grow their beginnings of a relationship with Jesus, the next step of the course is to connect them in Zúme for discipleship! Happening in over a dozen languages and growing, the course is being connected to Zúme's 45+ languages to disciple and multiply across the nations online. Check out the three resource links below: https://newbelievercourse.com/https://salvationpoem.com/https://salvationpoem.com/overview/

As a Zúme coach, Richard did not let the fact that he was 79 years old and in a wheelchair keep him from expanding the kingdom!  As Richard's health was failing, he gathered his family, friends, coworkers, and other contacts to share with them the vision of Zúme. Coming from a successful government job, Richard said, “If I can do this in my professional capacity, why can't I do something similar for the Lord.”  Hear inspiring stories about Richards's loving legacy, creative ideas, and encouraging perseverance. As Tim shares of his coaching journey with Richard and others continue across nations and generations, the multiplication of disciples and churches has no limits with Jesus!

Growing up in Ghana, Isaac lived for years without hearing the gospel. Then, God changed his life and connected him with Terry and Amy. Together, they coached him to coach others in multiplying disciples and churches through Zúme. As Isaac and his friends went through Zúme, they began to “actually understand the scriptures they were reading.” As they began to put it into action and share it with others, God multiplied movements across the region. Multiplying without the internet, and coaching over WhatsApp with people in distant villages, Zúme has primarily been used offline to fuel the movement. Also available as an offline app on the phone, printed book, and other formats, Zúme offline has shaped this local village believer's life unto thousands.  Here from Isaac as he shares from Ghana with his coaches, Terry and Amy. Stories, challenges, and ways that God has made a way with Zúme!

As a pastor who has planted several other prevailing model churches and multi-site churches, Ron and his team at Restoration Church have shifted to multiplying hundreds of simple churches across Denver!  After negative experiences with house church, Ron was not sure about Zúme at first. In the last few years, it has become a part of their church life, locally and globally! Hundreds of baptisms have happened in homes across the city this year. God is blessing them with answered prayers as they hear God, obey, and pass it on. Leading a hybrid model, Ron shares about several leadership experiences that has shaped his movement journey. From pastoring a church that meets in a building, mentoring dozens of other pastors, and coaching simple churches, Ron has seen the difference Zúme has made! From suburban families to low-income internationals, Zúme has been used to cast vision and equip believers. Disciples are multiplying inside and outside the building.

Mobilization moves the vision forward! Eric Derry and Doug Lucas share inspirational testimonies from decades of mobilization. Hear their pivot points and key insights to mobilizing the church to multiply disciples and churches locally, regionally, and globally! Right now, there are thousands of people around the world using Zúme, check out this LIVE 100 Hours Map. Learn from Eric and Doug how to use many of Zúme's tools to mobilize, train, coach, and obey Jesus.

After Zúme training changed the trajectory of their ministry, Molly and her team began using Instagram to reach young professionals across Denver. To reach their audience, they created The Brook and Intro to Simple Church as their expressions of using the Zúme training to multiply, from social media to in-person events to gathering in simple churches. A year and a half later, several generations are continuing to multiply, with testimonies flowing constantly! Hear some of the stories, ideas, and creative access ways that God is leading them to apply the Zúme principles among young adults in an urban setting!

In the midst of the crisis in Myanmar, God has been using disciples, churches, and Zúme tools to multiply! By using Zúme over zoom in Myanmar when there was no access to travel in or around, the disciples saw Zúme groups continue to put it into practice and pass it on during the crisis. Hear from local leaders and their coaches how breakthroughs happened during lockdowns, including the impact of Zúme to shift follow-up to evangelism by forming discipleship groups. The context of crisis has changed how the church has multiplied. Zúme has helped them make the most of the opportunity through this change!

Zúme's 43+ languages are being used to engage refugees in several nations, including in the United States. Hear Doug Lucas, founder and president of Team Expansion, share how he is reaching refugees around him and in other nations using Zúme Multiplying Disciples Training!

There are many ways to interact with the Zúme team and content to multiply disciples and simple churches! Hear Chad share about numerous avenues leading to fruitful stories and even ways you can get involved! From recent experiments of using TikTok to YouVersion Bible plans reaching hundreds of thousands of people and the NEW live chat option on the www.zume.training website with some incredible testimonies already! Have ideas or want to help out? Email podcast@zume.vision Transcript Host:  Welcome back to the Zúme Multiplying Disciples Podcast, where we're on a journey to saturate the world with multiplying disciples in our generation. Chad, it's sweet to be with you, fellow teammate on the Zúme team, and man there's so much that we could talk about but we're gonna try and just squeeze in some snapshots in these next 20 minutes. And so, um – A couple of things that I would love to just highlight as we kick off, Chad, and maybe then you could tell a little bit about yourself. But you've been involved in seeing these Zúme tools and principles be actually created into YouVersion Bible studies, like the devotions on the YouVersion app that people could click on. And if I remember the last stats I saw, it was over a quarter million people [who] were engaging on Zúme through the YouVersion Bible app, and that is something that anyone can access and hop on. And then, on top of that, we all know social media but good old TikTok and exploring Zúme videos and sharing on TikTok.  And – really stoked about this announcement – if you guys haven't checked out the Zúme.vision website lately, there is a new feature and it is the live chat box! And so when you go to Zúme, to the website, you'll see a live chat box that you can actually, right there, click to be able to talk to someone from the Zúme team, from coaches from volunteers, on Zúme.training. And so it's been an exciting — Chad, like you have been a part of helping pioneer that. And so, man! YouVersion, TikTok, live chat box, and so much more.  And so, Chad, why don't you just tell us a little bit about yourself and then we can dig into some of just the stories of what God's doing and some of these cool resource access points.  Chad: Absolutely, Mary! I was hanging out with the guy that was discipling me, Eric Dairy, and he said, “Man, you should come into this meeting!” And it was a Zúme meeting and they were like, “Man, we really need somebody to help with social media.” And I raised my hand and said, “Well, I – I like playing around on Facebook and stuff, and and um, and actually have like two Facebook accounts that are kind of maxed out, but really enjoy, um, the social media world.” And so they were like, “Oh, that's great!” And so we started with a Facebook page and then an Instagram page and then a Twitter page, and now we've got a LinkedIn page and a TikTok page and the YouVersion stuff is my favorite social media. So, with YouVersion, you can go to Plans, in Search, type in Zúme, and you can see all of the different plans and different things that are up. Um. That would be the one social media tool that I would like to sink my time and stuff into.  But we are actively looking for other people that might be interested in helping us figure out how to get more people engaging and kind of just spreading the word. In the training cycle, you know, we pass this stuff on to people by modeling, assisting, watching, and then leaving. And so, with social media we can do a ton of modeling and, and kind of showing people the ropes and how to get started with this stuff. And that stuff is really exciting to me, and if that's exciting to you, the — My kids were giving me the hardest time about being on TikTok because I'm an old guy, and. And we just need some, some other people that would be interested in saying, “Yeah! Um, I'm in! I'd love to, to help run the Twitter page, I'm on Twitter all the time,” or whatever, you know? Uh.

A mother and son journey of learning and living out the Zúme principles to disciple their neighbors, church, and the diversity of nations around them. Regina learned about Zúme through her son and has combined it with her passion for the nations and culture to disciple people across several of the 42+ languages that Zúme is available in.

After doing Zume over zoom and coaching at a distance, this disciple moved overseas to continue working with the local leaders he met through Zúme! Then, miracles of provision begin happening, and even miracles of life itself! Listen to hear more of the stories from people from other religions who helped a local disciple in medical need because of the love and care he had shown people as he followed Jesus, to how God brought him back to life. The local disciple continues to multiply Zúme after beating all medical odds.

Zúme Training Multiplying Disciples is now available as a published book! The entire training is in this printed book with interactive QR codes and other engaging features to use with people, with or without internet access! Order your books today at https://missionbooks.org/products/zume-training (use code ZUMEPREORDER for 40% before July 15, 2022). If you would like to help with translations into other languages, you can email us at: podcast@zume.vision

In this episode, we interview a couple who has been sharing their experiences with Zúme and how they can reach people worldwide.  William and Beth Sawyer have been involved in ministry for several years.  They were first introduced to Zúme about 10 years ago by Curtis Sergeant, but they did not explore its potential for reaching the lost until recently when they began using Zúme Training to coach disciples to lead their discipleship groups.  In the last 3 months, they have coached Christians in North America, Africa, and Asia.  One of the primary tools they have used in the training resources is the S.O.A.P.S program which familiarizes new Christians with the scriptures and the disciplines of Christianity.

Actively reaching disciples for Christ over the last six years, it is exciting to hear how this guest uses Zúme Training to mentor new disciples with minimal background in the Bible.  He describes some interesting life experiences that took him to a foreign mission field briefly before COVID.  While returning to the U.S. was disheartening, God opened multiple doors through active prayer and evangelism to reach his neighbors from the nations. Then a minor setback became a major outreach opportunity through online and international avenues.  One of the primary online tools being used for disciples, no matter the background, is called “3/3's.”  This tool walks new disciples through the process of sharing their testimony with others, acknowledging God's role in our lives and leading to making disciples who make disciples.

Michael has used the “Pray4Movement” as a platform to involve others in regular and deliberate prayer for target areas.  This tool enables a untied effort to focus on a county, state, country, or larger area such as North America, and can be used by others in any nation.  Michael has a goal to set up 1,000 prayer focus groups within Maryland, addressing each of the state's 24 counties and covering its communities.  Prayer teams go out within the community and pray for each home, and distribute door knockers to let residence know they are being prayed for.  This has proven to be greatly effective and has yielded a wonderful response with people in the community.  Not only does prayer work to enhance evangelism, but it also helps each believer's relationship grow deeper with God.  The power of prayer becomes evident when evangelists work in unison with God. Michael is involved with outreach ministry in Maryland, and he actively uses the Zúme tools and “Pray 4 Movement” to evangelize and impact the world for Christ.  He fervently believes that prayer is the foundation of any productive discipleship effort, and he gives tips and experiences that can help others reach the lost.  Michael encourages a strengthening of individual prayer life as well as joining with others locally and globally in corporate prayer to break down barriers to evangelism. Resources: https://pray4movement.org/ https://pray4movement.org/ramadan/ https://pray4movement.org/