The Band of Twelve Was Also A Band of Three

by | Aug 8, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Bill Mellinger, www.crestlinefbc.com It is nearly impossible to develop personal relationships during a worship celebration. By nature, the worship experience should be focused on meeting with God. Even simple greetings of fellow worshippers may identify a person’s...

Not Just Small, but Different

by | Aug 7, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org A cell group is not just a smaller version of the celebration gathering; it operates with distinctly different philosophy. For example, personal pastoral care happens differently. In a program-based ministry model, the...

John Wesley…The Snatching of Souls & Community

by | Aug 6, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com In the mid-eighteenth century, John Wesley organized five interlocking groups for those who desired to walk with Jesus.  They were:  1.  Society—an assembly of all interested persons, 2.  Class Meeting—a small group of ten...

The Cell within the Cell

by | Aug 4, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Joel Comiskey, check out: Facilitate Most of you reading this newsletter know that I believe the cell should be the base of the church and that everyone should attend small and large group gatherings (cell and celebration). And you also know that I believe that the...

The Conversion Process

by | Aug 1, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Gerardo Campos, district pastor at Elim Church, www.elim.org.sv Nelson waited in the street, inside his vehicle, for his wife’s cell meeting to end in order to come in, and sometimes he would wait until the group was praying, and then he would slip in and...