Celebration Services Count

by | Jul 10, 2013 | Uncategorized

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 | Jul 7, 2013 | Uncategorized

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 | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized

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...

Growth through Netfishing

by | Jun 9, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Joel Comiskey As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him....