Lessons from a church planting movement

  by Steve Cordle   In areas of Africa and China, there are church planting movements which are rapidly spreading the Gospel and multiplying churches (generally house churches). A missionary from southern Africa recently said that the method used to spark a chain...

Beggars, Diggers, Stewards

by Rob Campbell www.cypresscreekchurch.com In Luke 16:1-13, we see a beggar, a digger, and a steward.  A beggar’s motivation is survival.  He wants  to make it through another day.  A digger’s motivation is success.  He’s digging for gold. ...

Giving to the Local Church

We don’t take offerings in cells– yet. We’ve talked about it and greatly admire those who do! Most of the largest cell churches in the world do take offerings in the cells and celebration. Beyond where a person gives (cell or celebration) is whether...

Offerings in the Cells

By Mario Vega When we started our work with small groups in houses, we began to wonder about the offerings subject. Was it appropriate to collect offerings in the cells? There were two positions: one from brothers who thought offerings should be collected and the...

Equipping Track as Discipleship

  by Steve Cordle   What makes for a good equipping track? One of the characteristics of an effective equipping track is that it will combine disicpleship training with leadersihp training. Specifically, there will be little difference between growing as a follower of...