Dream, Hope, or Growing Reality?

by | Nov 30, 2014 | Uncategorized

by Jeff Tunnell It is not beyond reason to anticipate and work toward a time when the church around the world finds the life-giving reality of living in community; that state of being where competition ceases and preferring one another prevails.  Where Jesus is fully...

The Dangers of Raising Up Leaders

by | Nov 26, 2014 | Uncategorized

by Angel Manuel Hernandez, www.misionmoderna.com, Canary Islands, Spain We are evangelicals. This adjective was first time used at the time of the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Men like Erasmo from Rott, Tomás Moro, and Juan Eck used the term in a derogatory...

Don’t Short-Change the Process

by | Nov 23, 2014 | Uncategorized

by Joel Comiskey In the past, I’ve fallen into the trap of using entrepreneurial people who have not gone through the entire cell process. I’ve fallen into the temptation to use “already formed leaders” to help in the cell work. But I’ve...

Expanding Leadership

by | Nov 16, 2014 | Uncategorized

by Joel Comiskey The cell model is not a small-group strategy; it is a disciple-making strategy. The focus is not to start home groups but to equip an expanding number of caring leaders. If you succeed at this, your church will flourish. Churches do not reap the...

The Cell as the Seed of a New Church

by | Nov 13, 2014 | Uncategorized

by Mario Vega, https://www.elim.org.sv/ The basic idea of the cell model is “the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry.” Part of that “perfecting” occurs through the exercise of the gifts of every believer in the space of a small meeting...