Ministry in Quito, Ecuador

by | Jan 25, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

I just returned from a seven day trip to Quito, Ecuador. My oldest daughter, Sarah, accompanied me on this trip. Sarah was born in Ecuador and lived there until she was ten years old. Now as a sixteen year old she loves the familiar sounds, friends, and sites of...

Inspect what you Expect

by | Jan 24, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

  by Steve Cordle    As important as it is to think through how we train future leaders, it is just as important to be intentional about how we lead those who are currently in mnistry. When we develop a leadership training process, we generally start with the question...

Building Leaders

by | Jan 23, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

I finish chapter three of Leadership Explosion with the following three paragraphs: A number of cell disciplines contribute to cell multiplication, but I believe the primary one is leadership development. Successful cell churches understand that without new...

A Lesson from the Hubble on Focus

by | Jan 22, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

                      In light of Joel’s post yesterday on FOCUS, let me borrow a story from a book entitled The Externally Focused Church by Rusaw and Swanson.  This book, by the way, is a great (no- excellent) read! The Hubble space telescope was launched from...

Focused Training

by | Jan 21, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

In chapter three (Cell Reproduction: The Guiding Start of Leadership Development) of Leadership Explosion, I talk about multiplication. In the following two paragraphs I connect training to mutliplication: If cell multiplication is the principal goal of each cell...

Grasping the Bigger Picture

by | Jan 18, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

In chapter three Leadership Explosion, I explore the subject of cell multiplication. As you can tell from the following quotes, I’ve been on a journey: The desired end is that each cell grows and multiplies. When you are crystal clear on this point, leadership...