Change

by | Oct 16, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

If you didn’t get a chance to read Joel’s post yesterday, please check it out.  His challenge in releasing leaders may require a CHANGE of mind for many.  Even the strongest Christ followers can experience upheaval during periods of transition or CHANGE. ...

God’s Way of Releasing Leaders

by | Oct 15, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

Sometimes our training methods get in the way of spontaneous expansion. That is, we depend too much on education and ultimately don’t release people for ministry. We tend to think that a person must be 100% equipped, but often we equip the zeal and life out of...

The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church

by | Oct 12, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

I was in one famous cell church that back in 1996 rejoiced in the fact that they couldn’t control what was happening in their midst. The Holy Spirit was moving so mightily that I was told that even if they attempted to write it down into a manual, the Holy...

The Cluster Concept

by | Oct 11, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

  By Steve Cordle This weekend is our church’s annual “ServeFest”. Many of our groups will be out in the community serving unchurch people in practical ways: from painting their homes, to doing repairs, to servant-evangelism projects like passing out...

God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways

by | Oct 10, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

One of the key failures, according to Allen, is that we try to educate people to think like ourselves. Roland Allen says: We educate our converts to think, as we, accustomed to a long-established and highly-organized church, naturally think, that none but duly...