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...

Esta 2023 edición de "La Explosión de los Grupos Celulares en los Hogares" es el libro más investigado y práctico jamás escrito sobre el evangelismo de grupos celulares.Joel Comiskey ha recorrido el globo terráqueo en una investigación esclarecedora del porqué la estructuración por células hace que algunas iglesias disparen su crecimiento numérico y que otras, mientras, se aboquen al fracaso. Ha encontrado las respuestas y las comparte abiertamente en este libro.Tanto si es...

This 2022 version has been completely updated from the 1999 version.Have you tried small groups and hit a brick wall? Have you wondered why your groups are not producing the fruit that was promised? Are you looking to make your small groups more effective? Cell-church specialist and pastor Dr. Joel Comiskey studied the world's most successful cell churches to determine how they effectively make disciples who make disciples. These churches have embraced specific principles. Converse...

Your leaders really can lead cell group meetings that cause the members to say ''WOW!'' This book will show your leaders how to:-hear God during the meeting-structure the meeting so that it flows-spur the group members to participate and share openly-create stimulating questions-listen effectively-and see the details that create a warm, inviting atmosphere for unbelieversDo people expectantly return to your group meetings every week?

Christians desire to grow in their relationship with God. They want to flourish, to experience victory in their Christian lives. They want to live in the overcoming power that the cross provides. But they are stuck. They are like my friend, John, who works sixty hours per week, sits in two hours of traffic each day and carries the burdens of the world on his shoulders. He and his wife, Jenny, love each other, or at least they used to. They now spend their time together carting their kids t...

Why are some small groups dynamic, attractive, and breathe the life of Christ? Why do other groups stagnate and close? In this ground-breaking book, Joel Comiskey and Jim Egli describe eight surprises about thriving small groups from their research of 4800 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 book covers topics such as small group participation,...

In this ground-breaking book, Joel Comiskey challenges pastors and leaders to move from simply educating children to forming them into disciples who make disciples.Comiskey lays out the Biblical base for children's ministry and then encourages pastors and leaders to formulate their own vision and philosophy for ministry to children based on the Biblical text.Comiskey highlights how to disciple children in both the large group and the small group. He quickly moves into pract...

Why cell church? Is it because David Cho's church, the largest church in the history of Christianity, is a cell church? Is it because someone said the number twelve will bring blessings and growth? Is it because cell church is the strategy that many "great" churches are using? Ralph Neighbour repeatedly says, “Theology must breed methodology.” This book sets forth the biblical theology for cell based ministry. Without biblical truth, we don’t have a firm under-pinning upon which we can han...

With full calendars and long lists of things to do, people often put on hold life's most important goal--building an intimate relationship with God. Often, believers wish to pursue the goal but are not sure how to do it. They feel frustrated or guilty when their attempts at personal devotions seem empty and unfruitful. With warm, encouraging writing, Joel Comiskey guides readers on how to set a daily appointment with the King and make it an exciting time they will look forward to. This boo...

Jesus Christ wants every Christian to grow in a deeper relationship with Himself. Yet so many people stagnate in the Christian life.Grow explains how to have a daily quiet time in order to know Christ intimately and grow to maturity. This book offers plenty of practical help for turning the "chore" of devotions into a life-changing, joy-producing habit.Grow outlines clearly how to seek God in the quiet time and explains the amazing benefits of experiencing God on a daily ba...

The gospel is the best news on the face of this earth. Many believers, however, don't have a clear understanding of what that good news is nor how to share it.Share offers practical insights to help a believer boldly proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ to friends, neighbors, and loved ones.This book is not only designed to equip a believer individually to share his or her faith, but it also instructs a small group how to witness to those outside the Christian faith....

Does the cell church strategy work in North America? We hear about exciting cell churches in Colombia and Korea, but where are the dynamic North American cell churches? This book not only declares that the cell church concept does work in North America but dedicates an entire chapter to examining North American churches that are successfully using the cell strategy to grow in quality and quantity. This book provides the latest statistical research about the North American church and explai...