WELCOME to the CELL CHURCH

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WELCOMEto the CELL CHURCH
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Back to the Future

• There is a new style of church life that predates
  the church as we know it, but is so future it
  cant be put into old wineskins

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CELL BASICS
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What is a Cell?
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What is a Cell?
Its not a Prison Cell!
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What is a Cell?
Its not a Prison Cell!
And definitely not a Terrorist Cell!
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What is a Cell?
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What is a Cell?
Its like a Human Cell!
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What is a Cell?

• A group of 10- people who
• 1. are committed to
• a) caring for one another
• b) winning oikos members to
• Jesus and His Church
• c) multiplying their Cell

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What is a Cell?

• A group of 10- people who
• 2. meet weekly to grow together in
• Jesus Presence, Power,
• Purpose.

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What is a Cell?

• A group of 10- people who
• 3. worship weekly as a basic life unit
• of the local body of Christ.

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What is a Cell?

• A group of 10- people who
• 4. support carry out the vision
• mission of the congregation.

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What is a Cell Church?

• A congregation
• a) whose basic life unit is the Cell.
• b) whose corporate worship is the gathering of
  cells for renewal thru Word Sacraments.
• c) whose life mission impacts community world
  primarily thru its cells

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(Non) Ascension Lutheran Church of the Single
Wing
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Small Group Wing
Large Group Wing
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PROBLEMS

• that the Cell Church paradigm addresses

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Why Is It

• that it is so difficult
• to make disciples instead of members?
• to grow beyond a certain level?
• to develop a culture that values evangelism and
  spiritual reproduction?
• to reach into dissimilar cultures?

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Why dont those church people talk to us?
Why wont those people come to our church?
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The Relevancy Gap

• 72

96
agree that the Christian faith is relevant to
their personal lives.
See little or no relevancy in local churches to
their personal lives
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I am convinced that people all over the world
will not listen if we have the right doctrine,
but are not exhibiting community. There is no
use saying you have community or love for each
other if it does not get down into the tough
stuff of life. Francis Schaeffer
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Traditional Church and Cell Church
Cell
Traditional

• Program-centered
• Building-centered
• Come structure
• Activities committees
• Professional staff-
• run
• Evangelism confrontational
• invitational

• People-centered
• Community-centered
• Go structure
• Relationships
• Servant-leader-run
• Evangelism
• relational

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CHARACTERISTICSof a Cell Church
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The Cell Church Agenda

• To love one another - inside
• CELLS MUST MINISTER
• (Edify, build up)

To love one another outside CELLS MUST
MULTIPLY (Evangelize)
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Cell vs. Small Group

• The basic life unit of the congregation.
• Nothing competes with cells.
• Task personal spiritual growth with a motive
  winning the lost.
• Cells exist to multiply in a short time.
• Intentional discipleship training for all, with
  accountability.
• Focus of congregational ministries evangelism,
  discipleship, prayer, leader training,
  caregiving, fellowship.

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CELL CHURCH CORE VALUES

• Every member is a minister.
• Leaders are servants.
• Every cell reproduces itself.
• Nothing competes with cells.
• Cells are the Basic Christian Community
• Evangelism flows out of cell life.
• There is clear accountability.

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CELL CHURCH CORE VALUES

• 8. Prayer moves the life of the church.
• 9. Cells worship as the whole church.
• 10. Interns are developed at every level.
• 11. Every member is equipped to serve.
• 12. Children participate fully.
• 13. Reach the world by planting cell churches.

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High Expectation Church

• I have a Purpose.
• My purpose is winning people for Jesus.
• I fulfill my purpose best in a cell.
• I will never be satisfied until I fulfill my
  purpose.
• I have no promise of tomorrow I will work now
  while I have opportunity.

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CELLLIFE
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The Joy of CELL LIFE
J esus in our midst
E quipping
A ccountability
L eadership
E vangelism
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FIVE CELL SYSTEMS
Jesus in our midst
Remain in Me and I will remain in you. Jn. 154
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FIVE CELL SYSTEMS
Jesus in out midst
Equipping
Equipping the saints for the work of
ministry Eph. 412
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FIVE CELL SYSTEMS
Jesus in our midst
Accountability
Carry each others burdens. Gal. 62
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FIVE CELL SYSTEMS
Jesus in our midst
Leadership
entrust to reliable men who will also be
qualified to teach others. II Tim.22
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Three LeadershipTestimonies

• Dave
• Dwight
• Max

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FIVE CELL SYSTEMS
Jesus in our midst
Evangelism
the task the Lord Jesus has given meof
testifying to the Gospel of Gods grace. Acts
2024
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The DNA of small groupsJ.E.A.L.E.

• Which one is the most important? Why?
• Which are lacking in my life?
• Which are lacking in our church?

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The Joy of CELL LIFE
J esus in our midst
E quipping
A ccountability
L eadership
E vangelism
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Types of Training in Cell Life
TYPES of TRAINING MATERIALS ACTIVITIES
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Types of Training in Cell Life
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Types of Training in Cell Life
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EQUIPPING TRACK
1. TOUCH PUBLICATIONS - [phone]
Welcome to Your New Life Journey Guide New
Believers Station (5 weeks) Arrival Kit (11
weeks) Other Shepherds Guidebook
Cell Group Journal Caution Some require
Lutheran paste-ins.
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2. LUTHERAN VERSIONS
EQUIPPING TRACK
Dr. Waldo Werning Spiritual Travel Guide (15
weeks) Fairway Press [phone] Pastor
Neil Mittelstaedt Go Station (905)
271-1950 Cover the Bible in 2 years Todays
Light
(Bible or bi-monthly magazine) Concordia
Publishing House [phone]
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Baseball Diamond Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
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Accountability Partners

• Edification Encouragement
• Example Entreatment

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Leadership in a Cell Church
THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCK IS A CELL GROUP. It
has 1 Cell Servant 1 Intern.
For every 5 CELLS, a CLUSTER SERVANT 1 Intern.
For every 25 CELLS, a ZONE SERVANT 1 intern.
The senior Pastor oversees the whole church
which may consist of several clusters of cells
with geographical, linguistic or other affinities
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EVANGELISM
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Evangelism

• Is a process.
• Takes time.
• Works through relationships.
• Involves team-work.

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Choosing Oikos People

• Someone who one day might belong
• to your Cell
• A friend/relative with whom you have influence.
• A friend/relative you feel is receptive to God.
• A friend/relative experiencing crisis or change.
• A friend/relative for whom God has given you a
  special concern.

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THE CELLMEETING
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CELL MEETING DIMENSIONS

• Encounter One
• His Living Presence
• Encounter Two
• His Edifying Power
• Encounter Three
• His Ministering Purpose

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The Cell Meeting Agenda
ORDER
ACTIVITY
RELATION
FOCUS
You to Me
Entrance into Fellowship
Ice Breaker
WELCOME
Us to God
Exaltation in His Presence
CHRISTS PRESENCE
WORSHIP
God to Us
Edification in the Word
CHRISTS POWER
WORD
Evangelism Vision Prayer
God thru Us
CHRISTS PURPOSE
WITNESS
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Effective Cell Environment

• Love acceptance
• Safety trust
• Empathy comfort
• Hope encouragement
• Openness honesty
• Freedom of expression

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From Traditional Churchto Cell Church

• The
• TRANSITION
• PROCESS

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L E A D E R S H I P C E L L
Senior Pastor
Key Leaders
P e t e r
J a m e s
J o h n
3-4 Months With Spouses Install the Pattern
Cell
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L E A D E R S H I P C E L LS
Senior Pastor (Cluster Leader)
Peter James John
Selected Leaders

• Begin three pilot cells
• Learn from God about community
• Learn Refine the Pattern Cell
• Prepare Interns

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L E A D E R S H I P C E L LS
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
T E S T C E L L S
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TRANSITION PROCESS
CELL CHURCH
3 Inner Circle

LEADERSHIP
CHURCH
VISION
VALUES
VALUES
VISION
12 Core Leaders
STRUCTURES
LEADERSHIP
STRUCTURES
Healthy Cells
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GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH, HONOLULU

• Background re-startplateauCell discovery
• Transition experience Regional Cell Church
  concept
• healthy sheep multiply healthy churches
  multiply
• reach 1 of Hawaii population by 2015
• church-planting DNA
• clusters ? satellite daughter churches
• church-planting overseas
  Tian Shan
  Mission Society

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GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH, HONOLULU
operational
Timeline
1st 2nd Generation
3rd Generation
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GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH, HONOLULU

• Good Shepherds Cell Church Structure
• Senior Pastor
• Task Teams --------------------
  Zone------------------Church Council
• Missions (Legal, Properties)
• Music/Worship
• Etc.
• Cluster Servant Cluster Servant Cluster
  Servant Cluster Servant

Chinese Cluster
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INNOVATION LESSONS

• Things get Worse before
• they get Better.
• You Often Cannot See the
• overall Progress.
• Change Takes Time.
• The Most Typical Quitting Point
• is just Before a Major Positive
• Breakthrough!

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The 21st Century World
Over 6,000,000,000
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How does your church plan to reach your share
of these unreached billions ???
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Cell Church
DESIGNEDFOR HARVEST
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Now to Him who is able to do exceeding
abundantly beyond all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works within us, to
Him be the glory in the CHURCH and in Christ
Jesus to all generations forever and ever.
Ephesians 320-21
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Evaluation!

• Where is our church regarding small groups right
  now?
• What is the next step? (Gods step)
• Option One Ablaze small groups
• Option Two Cell Church Transformation

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• QUESTIONS
• COMMENTS

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Small Group (Cell) Practicum

• Worship formatsDVD, guitars, CD, piano, Acapulco
• This small group practicum provides an
  opportunity for you to experience some of the
  mechanics and dynamics of a Basic Christian
  Community meeting. Lets get to it!
• Form into groups of five. Refer to outline.
• You should not be in a group with a family
  member, same church members, friend or all the
  same sex.

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Small Group (Cell) Practicum

• This should not just be an artificial experiment
  in the mechanics of a group but an encounter with
  Jesus through which the dynamics and mechanics of
  cell life are experienced.
• Because of time limitations each person must not
  only be ready to participate, but avoid
  monopolizing the sharing.
• A designated cell servant will facilitate the
  time together.

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Small Group (Cell) Experience

• Ice Breaker (10 minutes)
• Presence (20 minutes)
• Power (30 minutes)
• Purpose (15 minutes)
• Prayer (15 minutes)
• Fellowship

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• QUESTIONS
• COMMENTS

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MINISTRY RESOURCES
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Eden by the Sea
Gods Peace in
Paradise
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Pastor returning with new ideas and vision
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Pastor returning with new ideas and vision
Church members anxiously waiting for their pastor
to return
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I can do all things through Christ
who gives me strength. Philippians 413
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Lets get in on what God is doing!
The fields are truly ripe for the
harvest !