By Joel Comiskey, Empowered to Pastor One of the hardest parts of leadership isn’t deciding what to do—it’s deciding what not to do. Many pastors and leaders live in a constant state of “busy.” Meetings, emails, and never-ending demands fill the calendar. When someone...
by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Moses spent 40 years tending sheep in Midian before being called to shepherd the people of Israel. During those decades, he learned patience, solitude, and the careful attention required for each sheep. Tending sheep shaped his...
By Bill Beckham, The Second Reformation I have identified more than twenty key characteristics that describe the structure and dynamics of the cell church. This list is not exhaustive, but together with the other definitions, it provides a fuller picture of the nature...
By Bill Beckham, The Second Reformation One church that passed the seven tests (yesterday’s blog) was started by the Mennonite Church of America in Ethiopia. By the 1970s, the Western missionaries had returned home, leaving an indigenous national church of 5000...
By Bill Beckham, The Second Reformation Many churches have small groups of five to fifteen or more people meeting weekly as one of their programs. Does this classify them as a cell church? The following tests help differentiate between cell churches and those that may...
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