Topic: Fundamentals
October 20, 2023

3 Simple Questions to Reach Where You Want to Be in Life

Do you ever look around, look back, and evaluate where you are in life? We’re often too caught up in busy-ness to see our surroundings. Still your heart today and take some time to consider these simple questions. Discuss them with a friend, journal, or pray your responses to God. Doug Lucas, president of Team… Read more »

June 18, 2023

What are SOAPS and how do I use them?

In Winnipeg, Steve sends SOAPS out to friends and acquaintances, Christians and atheists. One man calls back, saying, “When I read these, I’m crying, and the people on the bus think I’m crazy. So I don’t know if you should keep sending them or not, but I love them and I want you to keep… Read more »

October 30, 2020

Zúme Community Covenant

The Zúme Community Covenant helps define the core heart and values of our diverse community. Zúme is a community of practice for those who want to see disciple making movements. We labor to saturate the world with multiplying disciples in our generation.

May 1, 2020

Technology and Global Culture

As I write this text (in early April 2020), the United States is in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. This period can be characterized by the military acronym VUCA: volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. One similar episode in biblical times occurred when

March 13, 2020

How to Have Church at Home

COVID-19 has left many Christians wondering how they can meet and fellowship as a body. Simple. Christians have been meeting in homes since the beginning!

March 10, 2020

Zúme Training Course Outline

Zúme Training uses an online training platform to equip participants in basic disciple-making and simple church planting multiplication principles, processes, and practices. The course is online, free, and self-facilitated. Anyone can lead a group! Zúme means yeast in Greek. In Matthew 13:33, Jesus is quoted as saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a woman… Read more »

February 24, 2020

Bias Toward Action

Anything worth doing — is worth doing poorly — it’s worth failing at. We need a bias toward action. We need to be dissatisfied with status quo.

February 24, 2020

The Four Fields Diagram

The Four Fields Diagram is a training tool used to reflect the status of Gospel efforts and the Kingdom activity around them. Here we’ll explain what the Four Fields Diagram is and how you can use this Disciple Making Movement Tool in Kingdom expansion efforts. What are the Four Fields? In summary, the four fields… Read more »

February 24, 2020

Networks

When you’ve got multiple simple churches how do they relate to one another well? Typically this happens in networks.

February 24, 2020

Expectant Faith

Expectant faith is the kind that God delights to multiply and we cannot be satisfied with anything less.