The Pastor’s Role during the Transition

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv My involvement in the cell work began with the training of the first ten leaders. I dedicated several weeks to sharing the vision and then the formation and training of the leaders. Later on I spent another several weeks sharing the...

Show and Tell

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org One of the reasons that transition from traditional to cell church ministry can be so challenging is that they are based on different assumptions about discipleship and ministry. (I write about this in my book The Church in Many...

Change Ripples

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Drop a pebble into a lake and you will see concentric circles ripple out from the place the pebble entered the water. One small ring will be circled by another larger ring, and so on, until the ripples fade away. The image of...

Three Principles for a Successful Transition

by Joel Comiskey I’ve coached and observed churches that have failed in their transition to cell church. I’ve also had the great pleasure of witnessing churches who have made it all the way to a fully functional cell church. The churches that successfully...