Relationships, Relationships, Relationships

by Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist Church, https://www.crestlinefbc.com/ I am writing this blog from a hotel room in Arizona about 550 miles from our home. The pine trees and terrain are different than the mountains of Southern California where we live. We...

Avoid Burn-out

by Robert Lay, Cell Church Ministry Brazil To avoid burnout in leadership, there has to be a planned and systematic agenda. Ministry, work, family, rest, vacations, hobbies, and so forth should be part of a lifestyle. Ministry is not something you add on top of your...

Other Spiritual Disciplines of the Leader

by Mario Vega, https://www.elim.org.sv/ The desert, by its very nature, doesn’t offer many distractions to humans. People that live there have a lot of time to cultivate habits that are not common in urban areas. That is why God often speaks to people in the desert....

F.A.S.T.

By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com This week at JCG we’ve been discussing some specific spiritual disciplines for a cell leader or cell pastor. I want to encourage you to be a cell leader and cell pastor who is F.A.S.T. (Faithful, Available, SUBMISSIVE,...

How To Get God Involved in Your Group

by Jim Egli, jimegli.com I’ve led many small groups over the last 35 years, and usually it’s been fun and rewarding but this past year I really struggled as a leader. My wife Vicki and I launched a new group last September and it struggled to get momentum. We invited...