Increased Giving in Cell Churches

I have found that when a church becomes a cell church (whether “transitioning” to the cell church or planting a cell church), the financial giving increases. I don’t have any hard statistical proof (although this would be a great research project),...

Finances and the Appointment of New Ministers

by Mario Vega At Elim, we normally do not keep statistics of the amount of money a leader or a supervisor gathers. Consequently, the financial recovery is not a factor taken into account when promoting a person to the position of pastor. There would be no way to prove...

Meeting a Family’s Financial Needs

by Jim Wall Scripture is clear, God intended the Body of Christ to work together to meet physical needs. One of the primary descriptions of the first century church at Jerusalem is, “All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their...

Something to Shoot For

By Michael Sove I’ll never forget the challenge.  For me, it wasn’t multiplying cells or growing a zone to come on staff.  For me it was planting a church.  I had been called as church planter number three in a vision to reach a city.  The mothering church had a...

Adding Pastoral Staff

by Jeff Tunnell Because we were a program based church and needed to transition to cells, we already had multiple staff members. As the cells developed and districts were formed, our staff became coaches (district supervisors) by assignment. This meant that they were...