Will It Work Here?

by Steve Cordle Early one morning more than 10 years ago I sat in our church’s prayer room asking “But can it work here?” I had just read Joel Comiskey’s book Home Cell Group Explosion. I was captivated as I read about churches in Latin America...

Theology Breeds Methodology

by Ralph Neighbour Theology always breeds methodology! In 1969, I left a secure position with the Evangelism Division of Texas Baptists to plant an “experimental church.” I knew nothing about Yonggi Cho or the cell movement. I only knew American...

Values and Principles

by Jeff Tunnell We value what we do and we do what we value. If you observe yourself objectively, discovering your values is not difficult. Also, you don’t have to be around someone else very long to discover what their values are. We all spend our time and...

Principles Versus Models

Principles Versus Models by Joel Comiskey Many pastors believe that finding the right model will unlock their success. They might have heard the pastor of a growing cell church say something like, “All you have to do is follow what I’m doing and your...

Reaching the Unreached Among Us

by Mario Vega There is a people group from the least reached ones living among us. They do not speak our language but can understand it. They don’t usually receive the adequate attention in the churches and therefore the proportion of their presence in the...

Impact Beyond Imagination

By Michael Sove This January will be the fourth time I’ve taken teams from our church to India. It started with an e-mail received from a pastor who saw an article I wrote on the Joel Comiskey web site. He introduced himself and said that he felt we had the same...