Really? The Cell is the Church?

By Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist When I first heard the phrase, “The cell is the church,” I questioned the statement. How can a small group be the church? Coming from a program-based model, I thought the concept was misguided. Isn’t the church much...

Early House Church Meetings

by Mario Vega, http://www.elim.org.sv/ The first followers of Jesus were Jews who did not know that the teaching of the gospel would eventually form a movement totally different from the religion of their time. For that reason, many of the traditions of Judaism were...

Care and Comfort in the Cell Church

By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com This week, the bloggers here at JCG are posting their thoughts on the biblical basis for the cell church.  This post centers on God’s desire (rooted in the scriptures) for us to comfort others.  First, let me share a...

What is the Church?

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org If aliens were to try to determine what “church” is by listening to the conversations of 21st century Americans, they would end up very confused. That’s because we use the word in so many different ways. For...

Cell As The Church

By Joel Comiskey I’ve made a lot of mistakes in cell ministry. One of them was my early belief that the cell was simply a tool of the Sunday church, a way to get people to come and stay in the larger gathering. I believed that the true church was the gathered,...