The Heart of a Cell Leader

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...

It’s About Hearts; Not Structures

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...

Refreshment for Summer Cells and Leaders

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...

Focus on Who You Have

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....

Opportunities for Summer Cells

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...