Children – church of today

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Children are precious both to their Heavenly Father and to their earthly parents. Jesus clearly revealed that he wanted children not to be ignored but to come to him (Mark 10:14). This means that children are not just the church...

How to Prepare in Prayer

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 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 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

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...