Integrating Cell and Celebration

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Our Elim churches foster a sense of community by maintaining a balance between cells and celebrations. The celebrations in our churches are not just events but our extended family gatherings. People who attend the celebration do so...

Christian Meetings in the New Testament

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Most references to churches in the New Testament refer to the church in the home. There is no doubt that the emphasis was on house-to-house meetings. We only have a few references to larger church gatherings. For example, the crowd...

Deep Connection between Cell and Celebration

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv In our experience, the connection between cell and celebration is solid. We build this connection based on the following elements: 1. Evangelism. The cells have a fundamentally evangelizing character. That evangelization will not be...

Supervisors Who Care For Their Leaders

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv The cell supervision structure does not only have numerical multiplication but also care and attention. Leaders are also sheep who need to be pastoralized; coaches must take care of them closely. Both leaders and coaches work closely....

Weekly Reports and Discipleship

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv When a church exceeds fifty cells there is only one way to have a complete idea of what happens and it is through weekly reports. The reports are a consistent medium that shows week by week the quantitative state of meetings at home and...