Remember the Goal

by | May 7, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

  by Steve Cordle   There are many ministries to attend to in a healthy cell-based ministry: the equipping track, coaching leaders, writing material, outreach, etc. It can be easy to get unbalanced or preoccupied with minor issues unless we keep our goal in mind: a...

Listening Ears, Hearts of Love

by | May 6, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

by Rob Campbell www.cypresscreekchurch.com Recently, a man approached me right before a Sunday A.M. Celebration service at my church.  He asked if I could spend some time with him and counsel him.  I told him I would love to get to know him, but I wasn’t real...

ADOPT, ADAPT, ABANDON

by | May 4, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

Jeff Tunnell here, filling in for Joel Comiskey who is ministering in New York. Early on in transitioning our congregation from Traditional to Cell-based structure, we confronted the issue of building a training track (equipping track for discipling new believers into...

Cell Lessons

by | May 1, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

by Mario Vega What can a leader teach? Should a leader be left on it’s own to freely teach? Or should he/she be oriented on the contents to teach? These were some of the questions I made myself when starting our cell model. This work with cells came in response of an...

Open vs. closed groups

by | Apr 30, 2008 | Cell Church Ministry

  by Steve Cordle Recently a new member to our church responded to our open, outreach-oriented group philosophy by asking “Didn’t Jesus have a closed group?” Our new friend had been part of a thriving church in another state that had used the closed...