Coaching for System Health

By Jeff Tunnell Coaching within the cell system brings health.  Like in our physical bodies, when the cell level is healthy, the whole system is healthy.  Cell leaders benefit from the regular coaching touch from their leaders.  The Apostle Paul...

The Coach Helps in the Process of Discipleship

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Perhaps the problem that coaches must most often correct is the tendency of leaders to reproduce what they see in the church. The tendency to convert the cell into a mini-celebration is called the “mini-cult syndrome”. The...

The ‘Why’ of Coaching

By Rob Campbell, Founding Pastor, www.cypresscreekchurch.com Over thirty years ago, I attended a cell church conference in Houston, Texas, after reading Dr. Ralph Neighbour’s book, Where do We Go from Here?  A panel discussion of cell church pioneers and experts...

Coaching is the Key

By Dr. Jim Egli,  Small Groups, Big Impact I, Joel Comiskey, blogged last week about Jim Egli’s research.  In Jim’s  investigation of 3,000 small leaders, he found that coaching was the most important feature of growing small group based  churches. In this blog, let’s...

The Possibilities of Discipleship

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Mordecai took his cousin Esther under his care when she was a child. The scriptures do not explain the reason why Mordecai had to take care of her, but what it does make clear is that he not only took care of her needs, but also made her...