Meet Financial Obligation through Cells

by Mario Vega There is no doubt that cell offerings are very important to the finances of the church. In our church, when we had the opportunity to purchase the last available TV frequency of national coverage in El Salvador, we took out a big bank loan. We...

Finances and the Appointment of New Ministers

by Mario Vega At Elim, we normally do not keep statistics of the amount of money a leader or a supervisor gathers. Consequently, the financial recovery is not a factor taken into account when promoting a person to the position of pastor. There would be no way to prove...

Love in Action

by Mario Vega During the war days in El Salvador, it was quite common to hear the shooting of guns in the city. However, the fighting didn’t stop us from having our regular cell meetings in the homes. At one point in the war, the shooting seemed to go on and on...

Offerings in the Houses

by Mario Vega As I have explained on other occasions, we knew about cell ministry through Pastor Cho’s books. Until today, our model is very similar to the Korean model, although we have made some adjustments according to our context. From the outset, we learned...

The Cell Church Budget and God’s Provision

by Mario Vega The largest investment made in a cell church is the pastors’ salaries. In a fully formed cell structure, like our own, in which we have many zone and district pastors, the percentage of the budget spent on salaries can be significant. However, it...