by keithbates | Mar 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
by Keith Bates, www.new-life.org.au; www.facebook.com/groups/cellchurches One of the biggest fears that some pastors have is in entrusting the care of “their†people to others. Some pastors cannot even contemplate a cell ministry because it puts too much power in...
by keithbates | Mar 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
by Keith Bates, www.new-life.org.au; www.facebook.com/groups/cellchurches When we were led by the Lord to start our church in 1996, I knew that it was to be “a new thing,” although I was not sure what the new thing was to be. I did know that we were to be...
by keithbates | Sep 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
by Keith Bates, www.new-life.org.au; www.facebook.com/groups/cellchurches One argument for cells taking a break over summer is that it gives leaders a chance to rest and rejuvenate. The trouble is that leaders can become jaded, or even burnt out in winter or at any...
by keithbates | Aug 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
by Keith Bates, www.new-life.org.au; www.facebook.com/groups/cellchurches As a pastor of a small church, it is easy for me to see on a Sunday morning who is present and who is away. It only takes a few families to disappear to make a big hole in the congregation....
by keithbates | Aug 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
by Keith Bates, www.new-life.org.au; www.facebook.com/groups/cellchurches There is a story told about a shoe company that sent two sales executives to a particular country in Africa to check the market there. One wrote back “It’s hopeless. Nobody wears shoes...
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