Planting New Churches from a Cell

by Mario Vega, https://www.elim.org.sv/ Unintentionally, Elim started to become a denomination. During El Salvador’s civil war, an estimated one million Salvadorans left to other countries. Among them were several cell leaders who had learned to do the work of...

Simple Cell Church Planting

By Joel Comiskey I spoke at a seminar in Florida a few years ago. The host church asked me to speak to the staff, and one of the pastors inquired about his network of small groups. He wanted to know what he should do when his network reached the third generation of...

Organic Church Planting

by Les Brickman, missionary to Kenya, www.strategiccell.com I met Jonas Kouassi in 2001 in Abidjan. His story was amazing to me, until I discovered it was typical for his church (EPBOM). You see, Jonas was a cell member who eventually planted a cell church. But, how...

Is the Cell the Church? Interesting Question

by Les Brickman, missionary to Kenya, www.strategiccell.com I travel to Mombasa, take a cup, and dip the cup into the Indian Ocean until it overflows. Is everything in the cup the Indian Ocean? Is all the Indian Ocean in the cup? A doctor examines one of my cells. Is...

Shepherds Love Sheep

by Jeff Tunnell People learn to love others after the Holy Spirit brings the new birth and a witness of being family.  Some of the members of the body rise up to lead others motivated by their love and servant’s heart.  These are the shepherds that...