Fruit that Results in More Finances

by Joel Comiskey I remember visiting el Centro Cristiano in Guayaquil, Ecuador and talking with lead pastor Jerry Smith. He pointed at one volunteer network supervisor who was doing a great job and said, “I can envision José on fulltime staff in nine months. All...

Love in Action

by Mario Vega During the war days in El Salvador, it was quite common to hear the shooting of guns in the city. However, the fighting didn’t stop us from having our regular cell meetings in the homes. At one point in the war, the shooting seemed to go on and on...

Cells and Individual Treasuries

by Jim Wall, lead pastor at Western Branch Community Church, https://www.wbcc.net Trust is the glue that holds relationships together. Few things damage trust in a church more quickly than mishandled money. For that reason, we decided early in our transition to the...

Shared Ministry

By Michael Sove I love to read Acts Chapter Four, where in describing the early believers, it says, “No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but shared everything they had.”  (v32) This is a beautiful picture of shared ministry and can be a reality in...

Benevolence By Cell Structure

by Jeff Tunnell The following memo was sent to our Life Group Leaders to answer the question about how we handle Benevolent needs brought to us as a body of believers. We follow this practice when a need is presented to the office staff as well. First: the Life Group...