Something to Shoot For

By Michael Sove I’ll never forget the challenge.  For me, it wasn’t multiplying cells or growing a zone to come on staff.  For me it was planting a church.  I had been called as church planter number three in a vision to reach a city.  The mothering church had a...

Adding Pastoral Staff

by Jeff Tunnell Because we were a program based church and needed to transition to cells, we already had multiple staff members. As the cells developed and districts were formed, our staff became coaches (district supervisors) by assignment. This meant that they were...

Fruit that Results in More Finances

by Joel Comiskey I remember visiting el Centro Cristiano in Guayaquil, Ecuador and talking with lead pastor Jerry Smith. He pointed at one volunteer network supervisor who was doing a great job and said, “I can envision José on fulltime staff in nine months....

Love in Action

by Mario Vega During the war days in El Salvador, it was quite common to hear the shooting of guns in the city. However, the fighting didn’t stop us from having our regular cell meetings in the homes. At one point in the war, the shooting seemed to go on and on...

Cells and Individual Treasuries

by Jim Wall, lead pastor at Western Branch Community Church, http://www.wbcc.net Trust is the glue that holds relationships together. Few things damage trust in a church more quickly than mishandled money. For that reason, we decided early in our transition to the...