Careful Hand offs

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org      When our church transitioned to a cell-based ministry, I understood that, as senior pastor, I needed to be the primary champion of the cell strategy. So, for our first ten years as a cell church, I personally led the cell...

Let Go of the Rope

By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com As a kid, a group of individuals (yes, notice that word again—group) were teaching me how to water ski.  Huddled safely inside a dry boat, they shouted brief directions.  Some of these directives I heard and others...

Community is a Good Thing

By Joel Comiskey, check out: Facilitate I avoided speaking about close fellowship (community) in small groups for many years because I feared groups would stop growing. My first book Home Cell Group Explosion highlighted evangelism and multiplication in small groups...

On Second Thought…

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org When our church transitioned to a cell-based ministry 18 years ago, I was filled with passionate idealism. That passion helped us in some ways and hurt us in others. For example, in my idealism, I told our people, “Eventually,...