Avoiding the Mentality of the “Dones”

by Robert Lay, Cell Church Ministry Brazil It is easy to understand the situation of faithful church members getting bored because of years and years of the same thing. In my observation the dones comprise 10 to 15% of those faithful people who do all the work to keep...

Stopping the Rise of the Dones

by M. Scott Boren, The Center for Community and Mission, www.mscottboren.com, Twitter@mscottboren Yesterday, I was sitting with our kids eating Danishes at a coffee shop. Two of the kids were have a discussion about something ridiculous, about which they were both...

Learning from the Dones

by M. Scott Boren, The Center for Community and Mission, www.mscottboren.com, Twitter@mscottboren The “dones” confess that they are done with the church. Many times they are former church leaders and have been highly committed to the life of the church. But now...

Each Member is Important in the Cell Church

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Developing new leaders is critical in cell ministry. An essential element of developing new leaders is to allow the cell members to perform significant tasks within the cell group. I’m referring to allowing members to: open in...

My Take on the “Dones” (part two)

By Stephen Williams, Lead Pastor Bend Community Church.org & CEO of Prepare the Way Ministries (www.PrepareTheWay.us) In part 1, we looked at the general issue of people of all ages being “done” with church. Today, we will focus on the younger generation. I...