Love People, Use Things

By Jeff Tunnell In an individualistic culture, many live in isolation.  Living in isolation leads to a loss of relational skills and a self-focused view of life.  Self-focused living as a pattern leads to selfishness and soon everything in life is about having my own...

Outside the Meeting

By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com What takes place outside a cell meeting is as important (if not more important) than what takes place during a cell meeting. It’s the difference between simply going to a cell meeting and flowing in cell life. Prayer, care,...

Birth or Die

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org “Our group is like a family! How can you split up our family?” Have you ever heard this reaction to the idea of multiplying a group? It is a common, even natural, reaction for many. It does say some positive things about the...

Evangelism and Community Work Together

By Joel Comiskey, coaching available here (free first session available for those interested in receiving coaching) Because cell evangelism strengthens community, rather than hinders it, I encourage groups to pray for non-Christians each week and to plan ways to reach...

Evangelism Now and Then

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv The well-known passage from Acts 2:44-47 ends by stating that each day the Lord added new people to the church. The increase of new believers was not the result of some aggressive effort made by the early believers to reach out to...

How Healthy Is Your Body?

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com Don’t most of us realize that one of the best things we can do when we are depressed is to go serve someone else? Don’t we also understand how much better we feel when we get some exercise? Our...