How to Prepare in Prayer

by | Sep 11, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org The cell meeting starts in just a few hours, how do you prepare? As leaders we know it is important to be familiar with the material in the group agenda. Yet, as Joel Comiskey, Jim Egli and others have written convincingly, the...

When Two Or Three Are Gathered. . .

by | Sep 4, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed...

Disciple-making in Celebration

by | Jul 17, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org I have long told other pastors, “You can’t disciple from the front”. We pastors like to think that our preaching and teaching is going to result in strong, fully-formed disciples. Not so. It’s not enough. Jesus didn’t make...

Cell as Evangelism Support Group

by | Jun 13, 2013 | Uncategorized

Cell as Evangelism Support Group by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org When we have a big task to do, we like to have help, don’t we? Evangelizing a street or town is not just a big task, it is a supernatural one! We are actually involved in helping people move from...

Following Jesus Where?

by | Jun 5, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Question: Is it possible to be a true disciple of Jesus and not be sharing one’s faith? How would the members of your group or church respond to that question? (And how are they answering that question with their lives now?) When...