Learning from My Mistakes

by Joel Comiskey I (we) failed miserably in trying to transition the El Batán Church in Quito, Ecuador to the cell church strategy back in 1993. I was beaten and bruised in the process but in hindsight, we went about it all wrong. We thought we could make the change...

The Pastor’s Role during the Transition

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv My involvement in the cell work began with the training of the first ten leaders. I dedicated several weeks to sharing the vision and then the formation and training of the leaders. Later on I spent another several weeks sharing the...

Show and Tell

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org One of the reasons that transition from traditional to cell church ministry can be so challenging is that they are based on different assumptions about discipleship and ministry. (I write about this in my book The Church in Many...

Change Ripples

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Drop a pebble into a lake and you will see concentric circles ripple out from the place the pebble entered the water. One small ring will be circled by another larger ring, and so on, until the ripples fade away. The image of...