Tyranny of the Urgent

By Jeff Tunnell On May 19, I wrote “Success and Failure”.  There was a successful cell movement among youth occurring in our community, but a strong vision for the future was not developed.  The focus was on the immediate week-to-week training of the cell leaders and...

Success and Failure

By Jeff Tunnell When talking about youth cells, my thoughts return to a daring moment.  Two churches in our community had been meeting with Joel Comiskey and transitioning to cell ministry at the same time.  Young people don’t distinguish between churches very much...

Celebration, Together

By Jeff Tunnell One of my greatest desires for cell based ministry is to accomplish the goal of no one coming to a celebration service ‘alone’.  In my mind I see the sanctuary filled with groups, not individuals.  The process goes like this; Cell members ride to the...

Four Types of Integration

More than a decade ago, Joel Comiskey wrote a magazine article that gave me clarity about integration during the transition from Program-based to Cell-based ministry. I have selected some portions from the article for you. My hope is that these definitions will stay...

Ask Anything, Ask Together

By Jeff Tunnell The living Jesus said these words to us: “And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it” (John 14:13-14). When I consider the outcomes of corporate prayer...