We Don’t Do Cell Church Because It Works

by Les Brickman, missionary to Kenya, www.strategiccell.com Cell church is not true because it “works”. That is teleological reasoning. Cell church “works” because it is biblically true. What is “true” are not cell programs, or...

Scripture Critiques Culture

by Les Brickman, missionary to Kenya, www.strategiccell.com Machakos is located roughly 90 minutes outside Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Machakos, situated in the Ukambani region, is predominantly Akamba, one of the 42 tribes comprising the nation of Kenya. Each...

A Culture of Encouragement

By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com In this day and time, it would be easy to choose being miserable.  Years ago, I ran across a list entitled “How to be Perfectly Miserable.”  I don’t know the origin of the list, but I do want to...

Culturally Relevant or Simply Relevant

By Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist In the year 250 a plague spread from Ethiopia to Northern Africa across to Italy and the Western world. Known as Cyprian’s Plague because as the Bishop of Carthage, Cyprian guided the Christians to care for the sick pagans....

Christianity in Community

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Jesus expected that his gospel be lived out in a group setting. Jesus himself set the first example by creating a community with his disciples; they lived with him 24 hours a day and shared everything. Later, when Jesus ascended, the...