The Leader’s Posture of Listening Prayer

by Steve Cordle Taking time for group members to pray together during a cell meeting is indispensable. Yet, I’d like to consider another less-visible form of prayer that also brings power to the cell: the leader in listening prayer during the meeting. During our last...

Prayer: When Heaven Touches Your Group

by Steve Cordle Recently a group member was at the point of tears as she shared a vexing problem she was facing. The group paused and prayed for her. A few days later she emailed the group with exciting news about how God had answered that prayer. The next week she...

Values-driven Leadership

by Steve Cordle (substituting for Joel Comiskey who hasn’t been feeling well) I remember once as a young boy, standing at the top of our driveway on a fall day with a broom in my hands and gloom in my heart. My parents had asked me to sweep the driveway, which...

Your Group’s Next Step

by Steve Cordle On Monday, Joel posted an excellent blog about taking the next step as leaders. Today I’d like to build on that by inviting you to think about taking the next step as a group. Sometimes groups get stagnant because they need to take a next step and have...

All Play!

by Steve Cordle One of the great strengths of cell ministry is that it can involve every believer, not just a select percentage with specific gifts. How intentional can you be about mobilizing everyone in a group? One practical way to do this is to enlist each member...