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JCG NEWS
NEW JCG GATHERNGS FEB. 25-26, 2011
The JCG team invites you to attend two one-day cell conferences
These gatherings will be at MCM ELEGANTE-DALLAS ($70.00 per night, which includes breakfast, shuttle, internet, free parking, etc.). This hotel is near the Dallas/Forth Worth airport and Dallas Love Field (Southwest). CLICK HERE and then go to event date. These events will be a great for both pastors and lay leaders. The JCG team will offer both teaching and personal coaching. Click on the web link for details: JCG EVENT.
GREAT BOOK DEALS
32.95 for entire equipping track and 7.45 per book (normally 49.95 for set and 9.95 per book).
Check out Comiskey's new book, Relational Disciple, How God Uses Community to Shape Followers of Jesus . You can read more about the book or Order here.
JULY MINISTRY
July 3-4, 2010: Hacienda Heights, California. Cell seminar at Home of Christians. Contact person: Randy Wilson at hocela@juno.com
July 16-19, 2010: Aruba, Nigeria. Cell Seminar at Family Worship Centre. Contact person: Yakubu A. Yola at yyola@fwcabuja.org
July 24-25, 2010: Miami, Florida. Cell seminar in Spanish (www.oikoslatino.org). Contact person: pastor Ernesto at rusochanta@aol.com
FACEBOOK "FAN" PAGE FOR JCG
We now have a JCG fan page on Facebook. Please join now!
BLOGGING
Check out the JCG home page, and you'll notice the right hand column of up-to-date micro-blogs .
Sign up now to get the JCG BLOG sent daily to your email inbox for free. Go to the blog site and place your email address in the box on the upper right side.
DONATIONS
Find out more about how you can INVEST in (donate to) JCG, a non-profit ministry.
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Keeping the Cell Vision Fresh |
Strengthening the cell church vision over the long haul requires a strategy to keep the vision burning. Some pastors quickly get excited about cell church but fizzle out over time. Often the reason for stagnation is the lack of a plan for developing the cell fire. Here are a few suggestions to keep the fire alive:
BIBLE READING: Because cell church is based on the Bible, a pastor should grow in his passion as he reads Scripture. Do you see cell church when reading about the Trinity? Our God is a God of community, being in constant fellowship with the other members of the Trinity. Does Jethro's advice to Moses in Exodus 18:13ff fan into flame your vision? Some scholars estimate that the nation of Israel had 150,000 cells among the 1.5 million people. How about Christ choosing a small group to live and minister with for three years? The early church continued that process through modeling both cell and celebration (Acts 2:42; 5:42; 20:20). Do all the one-another passages in the Bible excite you about cell ministry?
PRACTICING CELL LIFE: Steve Cordle blogs about why he leads a cell group. Basically, Steve is saying that leading a cell keeps him excited about cell ministry. If you're not leading a cell, you should be visiting cells or regularly attending one.
COACHING: Coaches help pastors stay fine-tuned with cell ministry through listening, encouragement, and strategizing. Part of the coach's role is to resource the pastor. For example, I ask most of the pastors I coach to read a book in preparation for our phone call. We don't spend a lot of time on the reading, but I know this discipline will keep them fine-tuned. I also send each pastor my cell PowerPoints to stir their imagination and vision. If you don't have a coach, find one. You also need to coach the leaders under your care through regular huddle times and one-on-one coaching. This will revive the passion of your leaders.
ONLINE MATERIAL: One of the key reasons we blog daily on JCG is to keep pastors and leaders excited about the cell vision (please spread the word about our daily blog). Have you also been studying our free online articles? Another great resources is Wizehive. Ralph Neighbour and I are the co-owners of Wizehive and Michael Sove is the administrator. Wizehive offers a wealth of additional cell material. I would encourage you to sign up. JCG also has a new page on Facebook to help keep your fire burning.
NETWORKING: Cell seminars are great, and I'd encourage you to go to as many as possible. However, the networking with like-minded pastors and leaders is often the most valuable part of a seminar. In my seminars, I ask the participants to regularly break-up in groups of two and three to discuss what they've learned. I know that participation will help them apply what they've learned and add valuable insight to their lives.
If you plan on staying in the cell vision over the long-haul, you'll need to proactively feed the cell vision continually. What are you doing to keep the vision fresh? Feel free to comment HERE.
Joel Comiskey
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