A “Ripe” Leader

by | Dec 9, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

by Steve Cordle I enjoy fresh fruit – but only when it’s ripe. I love a juicy orange, but I’ll pass on rock-hard pears and green bananas. New leaders are part of the “fruit” of our cell ministry. But deploying a leader who is not ready...

Sending

by | Dec 7, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

Ben Wong, founder of CCMN, has an excellent PowerPoint on the concept of sending (or being sent out) (download the PowerPoint here). He argues that Christ desires to “send us” rather than “keep us.” Ben feels that the missing factor in the...

Leading Staff in the Cell Church

by | Dec 2, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

by Steve Cordle Yesterday Joel introduced the idea of how to structure and choose staff for a growing cell church. Today let me offer a few thoughts on how to lead staff once they are hired. Every staffer needs to know what their targets are and how they are doing. So...

Staffing Questions in the Cell Church

by | Nov 30, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

I have the privilege of coaching pastors of churches from various sizes and different places in the cell journey. One church I’m coaching is in the single cell stage, has no celebration, and is preparing to multiply into two cells. Another church has 650, meets weekly...

Cells Celebrating Together

by | Nov 23, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

In my last blog, I shared that many cell churches bring the cells together weekly, while others choose to do so monthly, or every other week. Celebration in a cell church, like other evangelical churches, should highlight worship and the preaching/teaching of...