Leadership in Networks

This session of Zume Training explains how leadership within networks enables small churches to collaborate, develop new leaders, and achieve their objectives. It describes how simple churches, like cells in a body, connect into city or regional churches, sharing a common spiritual "DNA" from their initial multiplying family. The discussion highlights that at city and regional levels, leaders such as elders and deacons serve the growing body of believers, drawing parallels to New Testament examples in Jerusalem and Ephesus. It also references the five leadership gifts (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers) given to equip believers for service, emphasizing that these gifts are meant to empower the entire body to work together. The podcast details how leaders meet for training, prayer, and fellowship, using patterns like the three-thirds and four-fields for planning and evaluation. It explains that church networks often center where they begin, expanding their influence regionally, nationally, and internationally, and that the willingness of churches and individuals to learn, obey, and share God's Word forms the spiritual DNA for a movement, ultimately aiming to fulfill the Great Commission.