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Home Cell Group Explosion (2023 version) is the most well-researched and practical audiobook ever written on cell group evangelism! Joel Comiskey traversed the globe to find out why particular churches and small groups are so successful in reaching the lost. He shares the answers freely within this volume.

Do people expectantly return to your group meetings every week? Do you have fun and experience joy during your meetings? Is everyone participating in discussion and ministry? You can lead a great small-group meeting, one that is life-changing and dynamic. Most people don't realize that they can create a God-filled atmosphere because they don't know how. Now the secret is out. By implementing these time-tested ideas, your group meetings will become the hot item of your members' week. They will go home wanting more and return each week bringing new people with them.

This audiobook clearly explains how to plant churches that are simple enough to keep on reproducing and even grow into a movement of churches. Planting Churches that Reproduce is the fruit of Comiskey’s extensive research and personal experience (three church plants in a wide variety of settings).

When Jesus died on the cross, he said, “It is finished.” Jesus' price for man’s sin was indeed finished on the cross. God provided the solution to guilt. He sacrificed himself on the cross (Philippians 2:5–11). Victory in Christ is impossible without the love and liberty that comes from the forgiveness Jesus paid for on the cross. God’s grace replaces our heavy loads with his easy, light one. It’s not about what I have done but what Christ has done for me. I’m righteous in Jesus. He’s my hope, my fullness, my all in all. In Jesus, I’m alive; I have peace. I’ve learned ...

Establecen una estrategia adecuada y planifican acciones concretas para que se produzca una explosión de liderazgo. En las páginas de este libro el autor estudia los modelos utilizados por estas iglesias y analiza paso a paso cuáles son sus planes y estrategias para conseguir que los líderes se multipliquen. Extrae también los principios fundamentales de cada uno de estos modelos particulares y describe la manera de extrapolarlos y aplicarlos a su propia iglesia."

Facilitate highlights the key dynamics of small groups that will give a leader confidence to minister to those in the group. Facilitate teaches a leader how to listen well, ask questions, train others, involve people, and prepare for the meeting. This audiobook shows a potential leader how to develop new leaders to continue the discipleship process. It is excellent to use both in a Sunday school class and one on one. This audiobook has eight lessons, full of practical questions and applications.

Spending daily time with God is to develop an intimate relationship with God. It’s about friendship rather than rules. The apostle Paul’s yearning captures the heart of the quiet time: “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death” (Philippians 3:10). Jeremiah covers similar ground in stating what the Lord says: “‘Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the ...

Small group resources tend to overlook the spiritual side of small group leadership. And yet most would agree that spiritual preparation is the most important aspect of leading a small group. Only God’s supernatural power can draw people to the truth and liberate them to be all that God wants them to be. The key distinction of this audiobook is the spiritual perspective it gives to small group ministry. In a Holy Spirit-charged atmosphere, cell leaders are best raised up and members are encouraged to minister in their giftedness.

The Bible declares that God first reached out to us, and the only way we truly understand love is through his loving care. John says, “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). God’s love is pure and true, unlike fragile, erring human love. Knowing that God loves us is the motivation that helps us walk in ways that please God Victory comes as we meditate on God’s love. Scripture says that we are more than conquers through him who loved us. When we recognize that God is love and he loves us based on his o wn character, we are motivated to press ahead and not give up. And the ...

Many believe how they treat their bodies does not affect their walk with God. They do not exercise regularly or eat healthy food. Nor is it a priority. Spirituality, yes; physical health, no. They subtly have placed a wall between the two. God has called us to be good stewards of our bodies. We have a responsibility before God and others to care for our bodies. I have a good friend, a head nurse in an urgent care facility in Washington. He often sees patients who check into urgent care due to excess eating, drinking, unhealthy eating, and so forth. He told me that people often think that ...

Many people do not believe that God is in control of their lives. They think they are the captains of their ship and don’t need God. Others believe that God might exist but that he’s not actively involved in their personal affairs or the world's affairs. It’s a subtle form of deism—the belief that God wound up the clock and let it tick down. According to this view, God started the process when he created the world but allows things to happen naturally without any guidance or influence. On the other hand, Scripture tells us that God, the Creator, is actively involved in all his ...

This book explores how God has used small groups throughout church history, specifically focusing on the early church to the present time. God not only established the early church as a house to house movement, but he also has used small groups throughout church history. This book chronicles the small group or cell movement from Jesus all the way to the modern day cell explosion.

Ralph Neighbour repeatedly says, “Theology must breed methodology.”Joel Comiskey has arrived at the same conclusion. Biblical truth is the only firm foundation for anything we do. Without a biblical base, we don’t have a strong under-pinning upon which we can hang our ministry and philosophy. We can plod through most anything when we know that God is stirring us to behave biblically.

In this groundbreaking audiobook, Joel Comiskey and Jim Egli describe eight surprises about thriving small groups, from their research of 4,800 small-group participants on four continents. The authors expose common small group assumptions and offer practical advice to group members and leaders to help their groups thrive. The audiobook covers topics such as small group participation, the influence of food, worship, and how thriving small groups effectively reach others for Jesus Christ.

Empowered to Pastor equips pastors to understand how to guide a small group-based church to greater fruitfulness. Each of the 21 chapters covers a distinct, essential aspect of the small group-based church. The themes include the Biblical base for small group ministry, key principles, how to make the transition, simple church planting, equipping the members, coaching, and children and youth in small groups. Each lesson includes a short video, discussion questions, Internet resources, and a downloadable PowerPoint. This book is packed with valuable material designed to help you make more and...

Empoderado para Pastorear equipa a los pastores para que comprendan cómo deben guiar a una iglesia basada en grupos pequeños hacia una mayor fructificación. Cada uno de los 21 capítulos cubre un aspecto distinto y esencial de la iglesia basada en grupos pequeños. Los temas incluyen: la base bíblica para el ministerio de grupos pequeños, los principios clave, cómo hacer la transición, plantación sencilla de iglesias, el equipamiento o capacitación de los miembros, la supervisión, y, los niños y jóvenes en grupos pequeños. Cada lección incluye un video corto, preguntas de ...

Jesus lived with his disciples for three years and taught them life lessons in a relational atmosphere. After three years, he commanded them to "go and do likewise" (Matthew 28:18-20). Our God, the Trinity, is a relational God. He lives in perfect harmony with the other members of the Godhead. His word is full of exhortations to love and serve one another. This book will tell you how.

Small groups are leader breeders. Jesus formed his 12 disciples in a small group atmosphere. The best way to become a disciple of Jesus Christ, in fact, is to disciple others. Lead! explains how to facilitate a small group and to grow in the process. This book highlights key small group dynamics that will give the leader confidence in facilitating others. People are longing for community and this book reveals how to find it in the small group atmosphere. Lead! shows a potential leader how to develop new leaders to continue the process of discipleship.

We know that the goal of the Christian life is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever. While this is God's ultimate plan, does he have a particular purpose for the cell-based church? I've been wrestling with this question for the past 22 years. This question confronts me every time I coach a pastor or pastors. In preparation for coaching, I ask myself, "What is my principal objective in helping this pastor?", "Where am I guiding this church?", and "What am I trying to do?". I've come to the conclusion that the primary goal of cell ministry is to make disciples who make disciples.

Muchas personas creen que no necesitan la iglesia local. La resistencia a reunirse fielmente con otros creyentes regularmente no es un problema nuevo. La misma tendencia también estaba ocurriendo en la iglesia del Nuevo Testamento. Para enfrentar este dilema, el escritor de Hebreos dijo: “No dejemos de congregarnos, como acostumbran hacerlo algunos, sino animémonos unos a otros, y con mayor razón ahora que vemos que aquel día se acerca”. (Hebreos 10:25).