Good news and good works

By Dr. Steve Cordle, https://xr.church Our church’s leadership noted that the pandemic turned some of our groups inward. It was hard to reach out and connect with people when so many were concerned about getting sick. So, in 2023 our focus for our groups is a passion...

Coaching Basics (Español Abajo)

By Dr. Steve Cordle, https://xr.church As we head into 2023, our church is focused on strengthening the relationships between all links of the cell structure: leader to coach, coach to Network Pastor, and Network Pastor to Lead Pastor. Where there is a weak link,...

Numbers as Windows

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 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 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...