by Rob Campbell | Jan 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com Leonard Sweet writes, “Churches in the postmodern communities will be built; not around great preachers, but around great experiences. Preaching must cease to be the “presentation of points of view” or the...
by billmellinger | Jan 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist Did you know that Jesus only refers to the “church” two times in the Gospels? (See Matthew 16:18 and Matthew 18:17.) In Revelation 2 and 3, he also speaks to the seven “churches” of Asia. His first usage is following Peter’s...
by Steve Cordle | Jan 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Sometimes people assume that because we are a cell church we do not have a worship service or a building. They are confusing cell church with house church. A major difference between the two is that a cell church has a...
by joelcomiskey | Jan 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Joel Comiskey I don’t believe in independent house churches! I’m referring to those who start a house church and then separate it from the local church–a larger network of house churches. I don’t think it’s biblical. We don’t see...
by billmellinger | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist When I first heard the phrase, “The cell is the church,” I questioned the statement. How can a small group be the church? Coming from a program-based model, I thought the concept was misguided. Isn’t the church much more than...
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