Ghost Groups

By Gerardo Campos, district pastor at Elim Church, www.elim.org.sv I remember the time that that as an Elim pastor,  my district only needed one more cell to achieve first place among the various districts at Elim.  Someone on the supervisory team suggested that we...

Transparent Brokenness

By Scott Boren, The Center for Community and Mission  (www.mscottboren.org), Twitter@mscottboren Jacob was smart. He was good with money. He set goals, and he worked to accomplish those goals. He was not afraid of hard work. He wanted his brother’s birthright, so he...

Transparency as a Leader

By Scott Boren, The Center for Community and Mission  (www.mscottboren.org), Twitter@mscottboren Life happens when we are making other plans, and often life does not come in the form that we prefer. I had to learn this the hard way as a leader. Struggles occurred that...

How Important Is Transparency?

By Bill Mellinger, www.crestlinefbc.com When I was younger, I heard more than one pastor say that you cannot have friends in the church. Is this true? If it is, doesn’t it go against what Jesus modeled? Jesus developed such open friendships that he wept at the grave...

Transparency Starts with the Pastor

By Robert Lay, Cell Church Ministry Brazil, www.celulas.com.br Transparency is a problem since sin came into this world. After sinning Adam and Eve hid from God, although no one can “hide” from God.   The devil loves it when we hide our difficulties and pretend that...