Change

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Over a year ago I met a guy who was going through a hard time. I invited him to worship at our church; we even had a popular athlete speaking. He declined. Just over a month ago I met him again, and he had fallen back into a hard...

Special Delivery Appreciation

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Although every leaders needs encouragement, people differ in the ways they best receive that encouragement. For example, if you asked all cell leaders to appear up front at a weekend service so they could receive an award for...

Help our Leaders Breathe

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Leading a group can be draining. It may not be physically tiring, but a group leader who cares will be wrestling with their peoples’ struggles, praying for their spiritual advancement, and reaching out to unreached people. They...

Who’s in Charge?

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org If you ask senior pastors of cell-based churches, “Who leads the cell group ministry at your church?”, they will respond “I do.” Senior pastors must be the primary leaders of the cell work, because the cell groups are at the...

Signs the Cell Vision Has Caught You

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Effective cell-based churches have senior pastors who are completely committed to participating in and leading the cell ministry. After all, if they are not leading the ministry that is the basis of the church, they aren’t really...