What is a Healthy Cell?

by | Mar 26, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

The Pastoral Team of Cypress Creek Church is in the process of an exercise I wanted to share with this blogging community.  Simply put, we are “re-defining” what characteristics make up a healthy cell?  We have done this exercise time and time again over...

Turn Intention into Reality

by | Mar 26, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

Myth: tell the church how wrong it is and how ideal cell church is Truth: just do it. People need to see cell ministry worked out practically so they can experience it Now I believe strongly in the cell church concept and try to promote it continually. Yet, cell...

Don’t Change for the Sake of Change

by | Mar 23, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

Proverbs 27:17 says, “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 15:31, says, “He who listens to a life-giving rebuke will be at home among the wise.”You’ll remember that I said on my blog last Wedneday: Myth: Once...

Coaching over training

by | Mar 22, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

by Steve Cordle  I had the privelege of traveling with Joel Comiskey to visit Elim Church in San Salvador, El Salvador. Often regarded as the world’s second largest church, Elim had a weekly cell attendance of 120,000 adults and 30,000 children. Since cells are...

The Myth of the Number Twelve

by | Mar 21, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

Myth: the number twelve brings life Truth: there are many great numbers in the Bible The Groups of Twelve strategy for coaching leaders has many great strengths. God used it mightily. One of the most negative aspects of the strategy was over-emphasizing the NUMBER...

The Fellowship of the Mat

by | Mar 20, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

Four faithful friends…a paralyzed man…God’s healing power upon Jesus… and a house (with some roof damage). The house was packed — people everywhere.  Jesus was in the house.  Four faithful friends had carried their friend– a...