Staying “too” late after the cell

We lead a cell group in our own home. We’ve done it for years. Even though our cell does rotate from house to house once in a while, the bulk of the time we have the cell in our own house. Our cell starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 7:30 p.m. We then have great food...

Relational Evangelism

I count it a great privilege to be coaching pioneer cell church planters. I’m referring to those pastors who are trying to start something out of nothing. Some church planters have the distinct privilege of starting with a large number from the mother church...

Avoiding Cell Church Legalism

I appreciated the response to my most recent post on cell church legalism. If you’re like me, you have strong convictions about the nature of Christ’s church and what it should look like. You want the present day church to have a far more New Testament...

Cell Church Legalism

I remember visiting a cell church with a group of pastors a few years ago. Because I was coaching these pastors, I had been encouraging them to lead their own cell group in addition to their main role as senior leaders in their churches. And in fact, all of them were...

Jesus Died to Set Us Free

Today on Good Friday, let us remember that Jesus Christ died on the cross to set us free. And let us remain free! The Galatian church walked in Christ’s freedom for awhile but then allowed Judaizers to take them back into the legalistic bondage. Paul had to...