Integrating Lost People into Cell Ministry

by Jim Wall No matter where you live in the world, there are more people around you who are not part of a God-loving, Bible-believing Christian church than are. The numbers are staggering. Less than 30% of Americans attend church on a given weekend, less than 20% of...

What Can Denominations Do?

by Jim Wall This week we are pondering the question, “What can denominations do to support cell-based churches within their ranks?” The answer to that question is myriad. Denominational leaders can choose to value diverse styles of ministry at the local...

Balancing Denominational and Local Initiatives

by Jim Wall This month we’ve been interacting about the problems a cell-based church might face when aligned with a denomination that doesn’t understand cell ministries. The contributors to this blog have been honest about those problems and offered a...

Local Autonomy and Denominational Diversity

by Jim Wall In order for a cell-based church to thrive within a denominational context, the denomination has to allow the local church to develop its own ministry structures; i.e. local autonomy. Unfortunately, that often isn’t enough. I was in a denomination...