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Matthew McPherson, founder of the Salvation Poem Project, wrote the titular poem to be a simple, memorable six lines long. “You play the song, the Salvation Poem, to any child, sometimes one or two or three times, and they know the song already,” says Matthew. Since it was written, the poem has been translated into… Read more »

Disciple Making Movements aim not just to bring people to follow Jesus, but also to equip them to share their salvation with others. Each new believer becomes a producer of new life, not just a passive consumer whose only engagement with the Church is sitting in a pew.  Trent Redmann, head of ministry partnerships for… Read more »

Tim Ahlen has been working in church multiplication since 2004, but he began to focus his efforts on Zúme once he found our resources during the pandemic lockdown. Tim, who lives in the Dallas area, coached a man in Houston who has since begun churches in Dubai, Jordan, and China, “all from his office in… Read more »

Richard Ford was an incredibly motivated man, dedicated to his job of increasing voter turnout in the U.S. His success in that role led him to rub shoulders with many influential American politicians, but Richard’s vision was not limited to the political realm. He wanted to follow the command Christ gave His disciples before ascending… Read more »

Sometimes, we can be intimidated by the call to spread God’s Word. It is so much easier to collect knowledge, never speaking about what we have learned. At Zúme, we would compare that to breathing in without ever breathing out—faith without action, learning without sharing (James 2:20).  Our reason for inaction makes sense to us:… Read more »

So, you’ve gathered your small group of between four and twelve people, and have either started or finished your ten training sessions. Now, you’re ready to put what you’ve learned to work. Whether with your neighbors, friends, or family, we celebrate every step taken toward Jesus. That’s why we want to let you know about… Read more »

When a group of Ghanaian believers listened to God, they expected a response. They knew the words of Jesus, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me,” and they listened often in their 3/3 groups (John 10:27). “From this, they see visions, they hear God telling them to go places,… Read more »

“We have received something that is not to be kept by us, but to be given to others,” says Isaac, a Ghanaian Christian. When he heard the Gospel for the first time in 1992 from a couple in the neighboring country of the Ivory Coast, Isaac decided to leave Islam and follow Christ. He boldly… Read more »