Team Ministry (part 1)

by | Feb 26, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about team ministry. Team ministry at the top level (pastor and team) is critical for healthy cell church ministry. And I’m not only talking about team ministry at the mega church level. Even if you only have one...

Answers to Questions

by | Feb 23, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

On Wednesday, I asked for you to send me questions/suggestions to bring to JCG team meeting here in Myrtle Beach. Here are some that were sent to me: I see that your board consists of two men pastoring churches with over 100 cells. And although I do praise God for...

Some don’t belong in your church

by | Feb 19, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

My wife and I ate with a couple last week who had come to our cell four times and seemed to really enjoy it. We were hoping they were excited about our church, so while we were enjoying salad at Olive Garden, I asked them if they felt called to be part of our church....

Cell Church Ministry in Thailand

by | Feb 16, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

One of the main themes of the blog this week has been the worldwide cell church movement and its incredible ethnic variety. I was quite surprised on Wednesday night when Timothy Jeng, Thai pastor and leader, walked in my home and said, “I know you, Joel. I was your...

Cell explosion in Egypt

by | Feb 14, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

You might not have noticed but Bill Joukhadar made a comment to my Monday blog on ethnic diversity in the worldwide cell church movement saying, “As you know the Maadi Community Church in Cairo, Egypt is a spiritual home to 50 nationalities and 40 Christian...