The Cell-Driven Church

by Joel Comiskey One pastor bought into the cell church philosophy but didn’t change his inward value of church success. The value that success equaled Sunday attendance was deeply ingrained in his psyche. As I coached him over the months, I found that he naturally...

Preach the Word

by Joel Comiskey The larger gathering helps in the discipleship process through teaching God’s Word, providing a celebratory worship experience, gathering the extended family, vision casting, and harvest evangelism. Since the goal of the cell church is to make...

Celebration Services Count

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org One of the major differences between house churches and cell churches is that cell churches gather their groups together for a worship celebration on a weekly basis. This both adds strength to the ministry and complicates it at...

Discipleship Through The Larger Gathering

by Joel Comiskey Many don’t like the word cell. They equate it with a prison cell or secret communistic “cell” gathering. I welcome churches to change the word to something more palatable, like Life groups (although I tell churches to avoid changing...

Authentically Sharing Christ

by Joel Comiskey I often tell the story of Dora, a young woman in our cell group in Ecuador, who often shared with the group her doubts about religion. In fact, she didn’t believe in the church, but liked going to our cell group because she could freely talk about her...