Encounter at the Republic Church

by Mario Vega In 1998, after working with cells for twelve years out of pure instinct, I received an invitation to speak at a conference on church growth in Quito, Ecuador. The invitation was from a church called The Republic Church, named after the important street...

Battling the Mundane

by Rob Campbell www.cypresscreekchurch.com In a recent survey, 67% of Americans resist change.  I must confess I don’t get this reality.  I’m in the minority.  I embrace change.  I like change.  I know I’m sick!  Mind you, I’m not for change...

Growth Depends on the Soil

Someone who is planting a cell church in a very resistant area wrote me recently saying, “It is a bit discouraging to hear churches in North, Central & South America or Asian countries that are developing in great numbers, when in a postmodern context it is...

The Ongoing Quest for Excellence

by Mario Vega One of the elements we have learned in the Elim church about working with cells is that you can always keep improving. The cell model can always be improved. I am not talking about changing models, but of making small adjustments to the existing one. The...