Emphasizing Different Wings on the Cell Journey

by Joel Comiskey The cell church teaches and practices both cell and celebration. However, cell or celebration might be emphasized more or less in the church’s life cycle. Let me explain. Most church plants will begin by focusing almost entirely on the cell. As...

Where is the church?

by Mario Vega I’m writing this blog at the airport in Panama where I have to wait for a few hours before my flight to Brazil. Before leaving El Salvador, I arrived at the San Salvador airport and the policeman at the air terminal door greeted me and shook my...

Connecting Cell with Celebration

by Joel Comiskey Last Saturday during my seminar in New Jersey, I talked about helping the transition process by posting physical cell indicators in the church building (e.g., cell maps, pictures of cell leaders, banners, etc.) so that those on Sunday will know that...

The Cell Driven Church

by Joel Comiskey I like to use the phrase “cell driven church,” to describe cell church ministry. A cell driven pastor prioritizes the care of leaders, training new leaders, and bringing the cell members together to celebrate to hear God’s Word. The...

Cell and Celebration

by Joel Comiskey We know for sure that the early church met in house churches. Were these house churches independent of each other? I don’t think so. Scripture indicates a connection between the house churches in each city (e.g., 1 Corinthians 1:2; 14:23;...