Fixing Broken Cells

Rob’s blog yesterday talked about groups that are not working. I actually awoke at 3 a.m. this morning burdened about a cell leader who has lost passion and direction. He’s a seasoned leader at Wellspring who has been leading a group for several years and...

What do you do?

What do you do…when a cell in your church doesn’t….work? You have experienced this, right?  Sometimes a cell just doesn’t work. This reality can be hurtful to the leaders.  It can also be a momentum buster for a church who desires health and...

Harvest in Times of Crisis

David Garrison in his book Church Planting Movements says that one characteristic that identifies church planting movements is that they flourish in an atmosphere of uncertainty. He also notes that the opposite is true by saying, “Great social stability tends to lull...

Random HUP thoughts

by Steve Cordle Joel and Rob have been stimulating some great conversation about the homogenous unit principle — so let me add some random thoughts as a minor side bar. * The promise of this principle is greater ministry effectiveness, danger of this principle...