Numbers as Windows

by | Nov 14, 2022 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church Spiritual growth is notoriously hard to measure. How do you quantify the fruit of the Spirit in someone’s life? How can you gauge the amount of love in a person’s heart? That said, we can gain a little insight into the effectiveness...

Non-members only

by | Nov 7, 2022 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church One of the harder conversations for a coach to have is to tell a group leader that they should not be welcoming members of other churches into their cell. It can seem unfriendly and even unchristian to tell well-meaning people from...

Pray for fire.

by | Oct 12, 2022 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church When making a transition from a program-based model to the cell church approach, we must keep in mind that structure does not bring life. The goal is not to get people into groups, but rather to form everyone in Christ. If we gather...

Relationship and Discipleship

by | Oct 3, 2022 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church If we want to make disciples of Jesus, it makes sense to make disciples the way Jesus did. That is, through relationship. Mark 3:14-15 tells us that “[Jesus] appointed twelvethat they might be with him and that he might send them out...

Shaken and blessed

by | Sep 12, 2022 | Post-Covid Small Groups, Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ In a recent podcast, respected church consultant and national leader, Thom Rainer, said that 99% of churches in America are smaller than they were pre-Covid. That is, fewer people are attending weekend worship. The larger the...