About
A pastor from Penangwho wants to work himself out of a job.
My name is Jony Leong, 梁志松. I am a pastor, a missionary, a husband, and a student of the Bible. This is how I got here and what I believe.
The call
I was a Christian for years before anyone taught me to make a disciple.
I grew up in Penang. I came to faith, joined a church, served faithfully, and for a long time I thought that was the whole job. Then I read 2 Timothy 2:2 slowly, and I could not put it down: entrust what you heard to reliable people who will teach others. Four generations in one verse. I had never passed anything to a second generation, let alone a fourth.
So I went looking for a way to do it that ordinary people could copy. That search led me to the Zúme System, a simple, free discipleship training used around the world. I ran the first group in Penang. Then a second. Then people from that group started their own. I have not stopped since.
Family
Soojin and I serve together.
My wife Soojin is my ministry partner. She leads with me at the Mission Hub, writes daily SOAPS devotions in the Psalms, and carries the Korean stream of our work. When you invite me, you are usually getting both of us.
Mission
Commissioned in 2024. Sent to Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
In 2024 we were commissioned as missionaries with Team Expansion, an international mission agency, at their Connect gathering in the United States. Our field is Malaysia, Southern Thailand and Indonesia, with digital reach into Hong Kong and China.
Today I serve as Head of Mission at St George's Church Penang, the oldest Anglican church in Southeast Asia, and I founded Mission Disciple School, which trains believers in six languages through weekly online classes and a physical Mission Hub at the St George Heritage Café in George Town.
Everything is run through Bible Mission Services, my registered ministry business in Malaysia (SSM 202503005320).
What I believe
Simple enough to obey. Strong enough to multiply.
- Jesus is Lord, and the Bible is his word. I hold to the historic Christian faith as summarised in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds.
- Every believer is called to make disciples. Not just pastors. Not just the gifted. Everyone. Matthew 28:18–20.
- Obedience matters more than information. A disciple is someone who hears and does. So every lesson I teach ends with one thing to do.
- Simple tools multiply; complicated ones don't. If a fifteen-year-old cannot pass it on, I will not teach it.
- The Holy Spirit does the work. I can train, remind and encourage. Only God changes a heart.
- Churches are partners, not projects. I serve the local church. I never work around it.
"Train. Multiply. Send."The three words on the wall of everything we do.
Credentials
Where I have been trained and who I answer to.
- Missionary, Team Expansion (USA)Commissioned at Connect 2024. Supervised and accountable within the agency.
- Head of Mission, St George's Church PenangDiocese of West Malaysia, Anglican Church.
- Founder, Mission Disciple SchoolDisciple Class, Disciple-Maker Class and Missionary Class in six languages.
- Master of Divinity studentOngoing seminary study.
- Zúme Training practitioner and trainerTraining leaders across Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong and China since 2024.
- AuthorBeliever or Disciple?, From Disciple to Disciple-Maker, Faith in Three Movements.
Fruit from the field
Seven stories from 2025–2026.
Every one drawn from my monthly mission reports. First names only, shared with permission. Names of churches are left out to protect the people in them.
- JoyceKota Bahru, Kelantan
Trained online in the Mandarin Disciple Class. Sent to Kelantan in December 2025. Five months later she opened her home. In one weekend her uncle Hock came to Christ, then Jessie and her son Garry. Her living room is now a Friday-night home church of ten.
From online trainee to home-church leader in five months.
- ZamriKampar, Perak
A faithful brother in a small town. Today he leads seven leaders. Each of them has started a disciple group in their own village.
Seven leaders. Seven villages. One faithful brother.
- Pastor KassimUlu Kampar, Perak
He came to one Zúme Training class. He went home and made it his church's Wednesday-night discipleship curriculum. New leaders are rising in his congregation of thirty.
One pastor. One church. A new culture of discipleship.
- ZackGeorge Town to China
He finished every session with our George Town cohort, then went home to China. Within weeks he had started two new disciple groups using the Zúme System.
One Penang group. Two groups in China.
- Paul and ChristopherA café in Penang
Paul was discipled through Zúme Training. Now he meets Christopher every week at a local café and trains him the same way.
Disciples making disciples. In a coffee shop.
- Siha, Era and SitiKampung Kuala Sengka, Johor
Three Jakun Orang Asli women. Most of their village cannot read, so we trained them with audio Bibles and simple stories. They committed to lead their own 3/3 groups. Seven months later the seed was still growing.
No literacy needed. Just a story, a speaker, and obedience.
- The Koh familyTanah Merah, Kelantan
The only Christians in their entire village. Now their home is open every Saturday night as a house church, with sixteen gathered at the first meeting.
The only believers in the village. Now the village has a church.
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