ADOPT, ADAPT, ABANDON

Jeff Tunnell here, filling in for Joel Comiskey who is ministering in New York. Early on in transitioning our congregation from Traditional to Cell-based structure, we confronted the issue of building a training track (equipping track for discipling new believers into...

Cell Lessons

by Mario Vega What can a leader teach? Should a leader be left on it’s own to freely teach? Or should he/she be oriented on the contents to teach? These were some of the questions I made myself when starting our cell model. This work with cells came in response of an...

The Cell Driven Strategy

I coined the term “the cell-driven strategy” to conceptualize the need to make cell ministry the driving force of church life, rather than an extra ministry or program. I noticed so many pastors consumed with Sunday celebration services to the point that...

Training for Cell Ministry

by Mario Vega At the beginning of our work with cells, training new leaders was fast. Our training course was only four sessions long. Every four weeks we had a new leader’s graduation. One of the advantages of having such a short course was that it allowed the fast...

Keeping the Motivation Pure

I had a great time in San Juan Capistrano yesterday with the key leaders of Hope Christian Fellowship. Jeff Bassette, the senior pastor HCF, wanted me to talk to his key leaders about making disciples and raising up leaders. I’ve had the great privilege of...