The Training of New Cell Pastors

by Mario Vega, http://www.elim.org.sv/ Elim Church in San Salvador currently has 82 pastors. This is a huge number for a single local church. This large number of of pastors is necessary in order to fully care for our members. But how are our pastors trained? We...

Practicing Discipleship

by Angel Manuel Hernandez, www.misionmoderna.com, Canary Islands, Spain Our church was founded as a cell church and actually works that way. People develop from the culture of an unconscious discipleship. In the Kingdom of God, theory and practice work together. In...

A Church of Leaders

by José Ignacio Galdos, http://iglesialavid.org/ [I, Joel Comiskey, am pleased to introduce José Ignacio Galdos, one of the pastors at La Vid in Cusco, Perú. José started as a cell member and moved up through the cell system. Pr. Luis and Jenny Nuñez are the lead...

Fish the Deep End

by Jeff Tunnell Big Bear Valley, where we live, has a recreational lake in the center.  The bottom slopes from a rocky area on the east to the dam at the west end.  Depth is between 64 and 74 feet (19-22 meters).  When spring arrives we fish the...

Expanding Leadership

by Joel Comiskey The cell model is not a small-group strategy; it is a disciple-making strategy. The focus is not to start home groups but to equip an expanding number of caring leaders. If you succeed at this, your church will flourish. Churches do not reap the...