Healthy Cells Multiply

by | Sep 19, 2016 | Uncategorized

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com Joel Comiskey has taught us a lot about the danger of putting too much focus on numerical multiplication and not enough focus on discipleship. As I look back on our successes and failures in...

I Have Failed at Multiplication

by | Sep 14, 2016 | Uncategorized

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com Multiplication was a lot easier in the large church I served than it has been in the small church I now serve. Where there is already a growing environment, it is easy to multiply new cells. One of...

I Believe in Multiplication

by | Sep 7, 2016 | Uncategorized

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com How do we fulfill the Great Commission? It seems like it must include life-changing relationships with the unchurched. Clearly, it has to include supernatural power as we pray to the Lord of the...

Stuck In Traffic, Oh No!

by | Aug 18, 2016 | Uncategorized

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com The freeways of Southern California are some of the most crowded in the country. At times, six lanes or more in both directions can be at a standstill for hours. When I get caught in one of these...

Believers Should Plant Churches

by | Jul 13, 2016 | Uncategorized

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...