A Return to the Weslyan Heritage

At the end of last Saturday’s seminar in Champaign, IL, Roger Ross, the senior pastor of the host United Methodist church, said to me, “Joel, thanks for reminding us of John Wesley and our Methodist heritage. Our Wesleyan heritage is the one foundational...

Learn from Your Failures and Press on

Myth: if you fail once in cell church ministry, don’t try again (continued) Truth: you need to be willing to fail several times to get it right (continued) I’ve had the excellent book, Boundaries, on my bookshelf for several years and never read it. About a week...

Don’t allow FAILURE to deter you

Myth: if you fail once in cell church ministry, don’t try again Truth: you need to be willing to fail several times to get it right Cho once said that you have to fail at least three times in attempting to do cell church ministry to get it right. Cho’s word...

When Cells Get Messy

There is nothing quite like being part of a healthy cell group community. When people are loving and being loved, known and being known, serving and being served; when Christ is changing lives in a visible way, and lost people are being found… that is literally...

The Myth of One Way to Transition

Myth: you must start with one prototype to successfully become a cell church Truth: there are various ways to transition to the cell church strategy Balance is such an important part of life. It’s so easy to become imbalanced–even in very good things. One...