By Joel Comiskey, Spirit-filled Small Groups Some people push back on the idea that everyone should be in a cell group. “Won’t that stifle creativity and giftedness?” they ask. “Wouldn’t it be better if some people joined a cell while others joined a different program...
By Joel Comiskey, Making Cell Groups Work Years ago, on an email forum called cellchurchtalk, my friend Rick Diefenderfer declared with godly fervor that a pure cell church has no programs. None, nada, nothing. No choir, no Sunday school, no new believer’s class, not...
By Joel Comiskey, Research on Ralph Neighbour and the Pure Cell Church When I began researching cell-based churches for my doctoral studies, one name kept rising to the top: Ralph Neighbour. No one had written more extensively on the cell church or studied it more...
By Joel Comiskey, Myths and Truths of the Cell Church During a seminar in Indiana, a pastor asked me, “How will I know when we’ve truly become a cell church?” My answer was simple, and more radical than he expected: “When no one serves in a...
By Joel Comiskey, Coach In a church plant or smaller church, the lead pastor carries most of the coaching load. Coaching cell leaders should be one of the pastor’s primary investments: ensuring leaders stay spiritually vibrant, prioritize their families, and...
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