Transition: Conscience, Conditions, and Will

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv A Salvadoran thinker once said that in order to achieve something three things are needed: conscience, conditions and will. This thought is very true regarding the transition to the cell model. First of all, there’s got be conscience....

Change Takes Time

By Jeff Tunnell If you change a structure before you change the culture, the change will not last.  If you are successful in making cultural and structural changes but fail to anchor them in the next generation of leaders, your work will eventually degrade. These...

Change Dynamics and the Transition Process

By Ernesto Humeniuk, www.oikoslatino.org Changing a traditional church culture to cell church ministry normally takes longer than expected. Of course, it all depends on the history of the church, entrenched traditions, and hidden agendas that may have formed over many...

Learning from My Mistakes

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