Training to Evangelize

by Mario Vega As I shared on an earlier blog,  the leader is a Christian who shares his faith with a small group of friends in a house. The leader is not necessarily a preacher. When one thinks of the leader as a preacher, the cell falls into the trap of the...

Training for a Task

Jeff Tunnell Training should have an end in mind at the onset.  Training is task oriented. It would  be pointless to have a soccer match without a goal.  Endless running around with nothing to aim at is ridiculous!  No one wants that, even though the general Christian...

Differences between Training and Education

by Joel Comiskey I love learning. God wants all of us to become life-time learners. I believe God desires that we sharpen our brains through reading and study, and in the process become more like our maker, who knows all things. There is a difference, however, between...

Benefits of Ministry Equipping

by Steve Cordle Virtually every believer knows that after his resurrection, Jesus commissioned his followers, saying, “Go into all the world and make disciples” (Matthew 28:19-20). But how did those followers know how to do this? It was not by seeing the risen...

You’ll Never Have Enough

By Michael Sove The one thing you’ll never be able to say, “I have enough leaders.”  No sooner do you think you have enough and a leader will receive a job transfer and move, another leader will quit without warning, and some will go through a season of personal...