Back to the Future

by Steve Cordle When our church made the transition toward a cell-based ministry twelve years ago, we were considered a curiosity by some of our fellow United Methodists. After all, we had no adult Sunday school classes, no committee on Christian Education or...

Jesus’ Priority

by Steve Cordle Save the world in 3 years. That is a mind-boggling task, but that was Jesus’ mission. And He did it. It’s worth noting how: to change the world he focused on a few. Yes, He died on the cross and rose again, but he also made sure people...

The List

by Steve Cordle Many years ago Dale Galloway, an early pioneer in applying cell church principles in the United States, taught a simple process for reaching the people in our relational networks (oikos). Our church adapted it and taught it to our leaders for years....

Reaching Your Network

by Steve Cordle It is common knowledge that cell-based discipleship is highly relational. As people do life together in the context of a group, they influence each other spiritually in both intentional and unintentional ways. We become more like Jesus as we spend time...