Zúme Training takes its name from the Greek word for yeast in Matthew 13:33, where Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to yeast worked through a large amount of flour. The picture is ordinary people, using ordinary resources, with exponential impact for the kingdom.^1 It is a free, self-facilitated course for groups of Jesus followers who want practical skills for making disciples and starting simple churches.^2
The course covers 32 concepts and skills across 20 hours, mixing short videos, discussion questions, and simple exercises.^2 Practices include S.O.A.P.S. Bible study, accountability groups, a three-minute testimony, prayer walking, and the 3/3 group meeting pattern.^3 Groups run 3 to 12 people with one person facilitating.^1 The 20 hours can follow a 10-session schedule of two-hour meetings, a slower 20-session pace, or a compressed Intensive of five four-hour blocks.^3
The same course runs from a browser presenter, a guidebook workbook with QR-coded videos, or downloadable PowerPoint and Keynote slides for places with weak internet.^4 Free registration includes all materials and online coaching, groups can request a free coach, and anyone who cannot gather a group can join an online training led by a coach.^2 The Zúme app on iOS and Android carries the full training offline, with the course and video content downloaded to the phone for areas where internet access is restricted or limited.^5^7
The idea began in 2015 at a Jonathan Project Leadership Meeting, where practitioners prayed over the challenge of multiplying disciples around the world.^1 Curtis Sergeant, who founded the Zúme project, led the original subteam that built it.^8 In the Zúme Origins podcast he put the vision this way: "The dream is saturating the globe with multiplying disciples and multiplying churches."^9 Zúme launched on February 14, 2017, and remains an open initiative without formal organizational control; those involved would agree with the Lausanne Covenant.^1
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