From Cell to Celebration

by Joel Comiskey In the cell church strategy, the church begins with the start of the first cell. The essence of the celebration is connecting the cells together and helps each person to see themselves as part of a greater whole. Many cell church planters start...

Church Planters

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Churches are the body of Christ on earth, consequently, they should do what Jesus would do in our circumstances today. The answer to that aspiration should be the biggest motivation when one plants a church. Church planters should have...

Believers Should Plant Churches

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com I have planted a couple of churches and renewed a couple of churches. I have helped to start a host of churches. As we started churches, we always discussed the kind of person that God uses to plant...

Church Planting:  Worth the Risk?

By Pastor Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com Roland Allen writes, “My prayer is that we’d not make excuses for our lack of risk-taking, but that we would learn to trust God to raise up disciples.” I post this blog to those who are pondering the risk of...

Identifying planters

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org When someone approaches me to tell me they feel called to plant a church, I rejoice with them and then give them a simple bit of guidance: start and multiply a group. No one is ready to start a new church until they can start a...