by Steve Cordle | May 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Ephesians 4:12 tells us that the role of the pastor is to equip the saints for ministry. The question is: what ministry? One of the main differences between a cell church and other ministry philosophies is the way that question...
by Steve Cordle | May 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org I am part of a tradition which reserves certain ministry functions for ordained pastors — and it takes a seminary degree and lots of approvals to become ordained. I want to honor our polity, so I abide by these directives...
by Steve Cordle | Apr 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Steve Cordle www.crossroadsumc.org Cell church leaders love to see groups multiply. Very often, members do not. When a group is filled with life and God is at work in building community and changing lives, the members don’t want anything to change. Of course, if...
by Steve Cordle | Apr 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Steve Cordle Just as in the physical body, a main goal of a cell group is multiplication. However, as leaders, we only want healthy cells to multiply; after all, when unhealthy cells multiply we call that cancer. Since we believe that “healthy cells...
by Steve Cordle | Mar 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Steve Cordle Anyone who has served in ministry has experienced discouragement, even Jesus. The Gospels record that Jesus expressed frustration over lack of life change in his disciples (Matthew 17:17), lack of response from the community (Luke 19:40-42) and even...
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