Community that Leads to Transformation

by Joel Comiskey Last night I ate with the staff of Camino Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. The wife of one of the staff pastors told me that her circle transformed her marriage (At Camino Church they use “circles” instead of “cells” and...

Some Assembly Required

by Steve Cordle There are some things we just can’t do alone: get married, play football, and… follow Jesus. There are many today who would say “My spirituality is private, I have my own beliefs, and I don’t need to be part of a church to believe in God, and I can...

Community: It Should Burden You!

by Bill Mellinger [preface: Bill Mellinger will be substituting for Michael Sove, who is is India for the month of January. Bill is senior pastor of Crestline First Baptist Church, a church in transition to the cell church strategy. I, Joel Comiskey, have had the...

From the Synagogue to Christian Meetings

by Mario Vega During the exile in Babylon, the Jews had lost their temple. This new reality forced them to find another way to practice their faith. They began to gather in houses to read and comment on the Scriptures. This is how synagogues were born. After returning...

The Apostle’s Doctrine & Fellowship

by Jeff Tunnell It is fact that Jesus and those moved by the Holy Spirit to write the New Testament gave us a relationally structured organism to live within, which we refer to as the “church”.  Not a building of course, it is a body; a vibrant community of faith that...