Concentration Demands a Paradigm Shift

by Joel Comiskey What would happen to your church if people understood that the first place to be involved was a cell group? If they knew that the cell group was the best place to discover and exercise their spiritual gift (s) and to receive discipleship? What if...

The House as the Nucleus of the Church

by Mario Vega, https://www.elim.org.sv/ The house was the basic structure of society in which Christianity was born. For the Greco-Roman world, the house was the foundation on which the whole theory of the state was built. For them, the relationship was so close that...

When Bigger Isn’t Better

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org A popular commercial in the U.S. features a man sitting at a table with young children, asking, “Which is better, bigger or smaller?” The kids all respond by yelling, “Bigger!” However, when it comes to church gathering sizes,...

Less is More

By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com About four years ago, I was quickly scanning our Sunday Celebration’s Opportunity Folder (“bulletin”). I felt overwhelmed. There were many opportunities– many great opportunities. Yet, my feeling of being overwhelmed was not...

Intentional Biblical Strategy

by Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist Church, https://www.crestlinefbc.com/ Did the early church meet in homes because they had nowhere else to meet? Was this just a strategy of necessity because there were no church buildings? Most of us believe that this is a...