Purpose: How a Cell Becomes a Team

by Steve Cordle Teams can do what individuals can’t. When people are part of teams, they gain courage, maximize their strengths, minimize their weaknesses, contribute to a cause and more. When Jesus sent his followers out 2 by 2, they knew were not going on a...

Dream Team

By Michael Sove The dream of my heart is to form a team of reproducing disciple-makers. Some would call it a G-12 or a discipleship cell. This would be a group of leaders I have raised up, who are leading their own open cells and raising others in their cells to go...

Two are Better Than One

by Jeff Tunnell Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 comes immediately to mind for me on this topic of team ministry. Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real...

Two by Two

by Joel Comiskey It’s interesting how Jesus sent his disciples out in teams of two to plant house churches that would eventually reach the entire village (Luke 9:1-6; 10:1-11). We’ve talked about team ministry before on this blog, but I don’t think...

Early Christians and Houses

by Mario Vega The house played an important role in the early decades of Christianity. In the first century the house was the main place where people lived and worked. Today it is quite different since people only live in their homes. For this reason, it is difficult...