The Cell Church and the Evangelists

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv The cell system has the ability to gather hundreds or thousands of people each week in houses. The number of people reached by cells is similar to that which evangelists can gather in their evangelistic events. It is a broad and constant...

Evangelism in the houses

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv “So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the...

Planting a Cell Church in California

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv One of our first branch churches in the United States was located in the city of Los Angeles. The church was born under the cell system from the start. Subsequently, the new daughter churches began to appear. One of these plants started...

Mega churches or church planting?

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv The impetus behind the modern cell church movement was Pastor David Yonggi Cho and the Yoido Full Gospel Church. Through cell ministry, Cho’s church grew to be the largest in the world and the history of Christianity. The growth of Yoido...

Planting a church from a cell

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Elim church made its transition to become a cell church in 1986. The model soon spread like wildfire and thousands of people were actively involved in the work. By then, El Salvador was in the middle of its civil war. About two million...