True Community Reaches Out

by Bill Mellinger “Oikos” is such an important word and concept when referring to cell community that results in evangelism.  As you know, oikos is the Greek word for household or extended family. It refers to the people we come in contact with on a...

The Fellowship that Leads to Evangelism

by Mario Vega The experience of fellowship in a house meeting is one of the key elements for evangelism. I don’t agree with those who say that if a cell promotes community/fellowship,  it will neglect evangelization. Or, conversely, that if it engages in...

Egyptian Christians Band Together

by Jeff Tunnell As the world focuses on Egypt I am hearing reports of Christians banding together inside that nation.  The lines between Coptic, Catholic and Protestant believers are fading as believers quickly abandon their differences for the sake of safety,...

Community that Reaches Out

While speaking at Bethel Community Church yesterday, I reminded the participants that community and evangelism go hand in hand. For part of the time I talked about the need to build a sense of family in the cell, pointing out that many lonely immigrants were pouring...