Integrating Sunday School

by Mario Vega, https://www.elim.org.sv/ Quite often I have heard that adopting the cell model means that churches should get rid of all the ministries they had before the transition. But such an idea is quite unrealistic. Let me give you an example of the ministry of...

The Role of the Lead Pastor

by Mario Vega, https://www.elim.org.sv/ When a church starts cell ministry, it’s normally recommended that the pastor starts the first pilot group, which is also called the prototype cell. By starting the first group, the pastor shows his members that cell...

The Temptation to Stray from the Vision

by Mario Vega, https://www.elim.org.sv/ Elim’s cell model has always been attractive to both Christian and commercial institutions. We had just began to grow rapidly in cell ministry when various commercial enterprises that use “pyramid” or “multi-level”...

Concentrating on One Thing

by Mario Vega, https://www.elim.org.sv/ Before adopting the cell model, the Elim church did a lot of evangelistic ministry and activities. We as the youth of the church were the ones who dedicated our time to these efforts. The desire to reach the lost was so strong...

The House as the Nucleus of the Church

by Mario Vega, https://www.elim.org.sv/ The house was the basic structure of society in which Christianity was born. For the Greco-Roman world, the house was the foundation on which the whole theory of the state was built. For them, the relationship was so close that...