Three Steps for Transition and Integration

by Mario Vega Three steps for transition and integration. Pastor Roberto Lay, who runs an excellent cell church teaching ministry in Brazil, sums up the issue of transition and integration in a way that, up to now, I think is the most clear and practical. Roberto Lay...

Time, Time, and More Time

by Richard Houle Time for the lead pastor to learn new skills. Accustomed to church and hospital visitation, sermon prep, preaching, teaching, board involvement, now he has to learn making disciple, coaching, equipping, training. Doing normal evangelism if there is...

The Importance of Allowing Enough Time

by Bill Joukhadar The most important part of any building is its foundation – it gives stability, security and support to what is built upon it. The preparation phase for transitioning into a cells-based church is the laying down of a foundation for what might...

Gently Lead

by Jeff Tunnell Korean Version Spanish Version (Versión en español) When my senior leaders placed their hands on me and prayed to commission me into ministry as a Pastor/shepherd, the exhortation preceding the moment was from the prophetic passage concerning Christ...

Change Dynamics and Cell Church Transitioning

by Joel Comiskey I (we) failed miserably in trying to transition the El Batán Church to the cell church strategy back in 1993. I was beaten and bruised in the process but in hindsite, we went about it all wrong. We thought we could make the change very quickly but we...