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Leadership Explosion

Multiplying Cell Group Leaders for the Harvest

By: Joel Comiskey

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Leadership Explosion

Multiplying Cell Group Leaders for the Harvest

By: Joel Comiskey

This book has been completely revised in 2022. Notice what others have said about this book: If your groups need more leaders, this book is for you! Dr. Comiskey demonstrates how effective churches develop leaders. Then he shows you how to do the same by outlining the principles of leadership development that will work in any church. This book will revolutionize your future ministry (C. Peter Wagner Chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute) Many thanks to Comiskey for a helpful and practical book. Many church growth strategies work in the short run, but only leadership multiplication creates ongoing kingdom expansion. This book communicates biblical, proven and effective principles. My advice to you: "Eat this book!" Let it shape your heart, your vision and strategy (Jim Egli, Author, Pastor, and TOUCH Trainer) Joel Comiskey shares insights as a leader who has himself raised up numerous leaders. From how to recognize potential leaders to cell leader training to time-tested principles of leadership, this book has it all. The accurate comparisons of various training models make it a great resource for those who desire more leaders. Great book! (Billy Hornsby, National Director, Bethany Cell Church Network) Comiskey provides an inspiring panoramic view of leadership in this book. The concluding chapters, which outline the guidelines, models and principles for training effective cell group leaders, will prove especially helpful to churches that are seeking to deal with leadership issues (Karen Hurston, Hurston Ministries) Once again, Joel Comiskey has provided a book that answers the questions of those in the cell church movement. I read the manuscript with pen in hand, underlining so many sentences that few were left untouched! This book will be an excellent reference for cell leaders and might well be incorporated into their ongoing training (Ralph W. Neighbour, Jr., Founder, TOUCH Outreach Ministries) Joel has the divine ability to take vital kingdom information compiled from throughout the body of Christ and boil it down so churches can clearly understand and practically apply these truths. I highly recommend this book for everyone who is serious about training leaders for the harvest (Larry Kreider, International Director, DOVE Christian Fellowship International)

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1950069338

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Myths and Truths of the Cell Church

Key Principles that Make or Break Cell Ministry

By: Joel Comiskey

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Myths and Truths of the Cell Church

Key Principles that Make or Break Cell Ministry

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Most of the modern day cell church movement is biblical, dynamic, and positive. Sadly, errors and false assumptions have also crept in to confuse and lead astray an otherwise healthy movement. Joel Comiskey, in this ground-breaking book, exposes the myths of the cell church movement and then offers positive principles and insights to guide churches and leaders on the right path. Each chapter begins with a unique insight from a worldwide cell church leader who will share decades of wisdom in working with cell groups. These leaders include: Ben Wong, Robert Lay, Mario Vega, Bill Beckham, Abe Huber, Jimmy Seibert, Scott Boren, Werner Kniesel, Randall Neighbour, Jim Egli, Steve Cordle, and Les Brickman. You will enjoy the insights of these leaders in the cell movement. This book will help you avoid pitfalls and apply biblical, time-tested principles that will guide you into fruitful cell ministry. Whether you’re starting out for the first time in cell ministry or a seasoned veteran, this book will give you the tools to help your ministry stay fresh and fruitful.

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1935789406

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Youth in Cell Ministry

Discipling the Next Generation Now

By: Joel Comiskey

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Youth in Cell Ministry

Discipling the Next Generation Now

By: Joel Comiskey

If we are going to have a victorious church tomorrow, we must focus on the youth today. In this book, Comiskey lays out the biblical base for youth ministry, highlights the felt needs of today’s youth, and then shows why small groups are the most effective way to make youth disciples today. Comiskey explains the difference between inter-generational cells and student-led groups, the equipping process for youth leaders, how to coach leaders, and how to get started in youth cell ministry. Comiskey also describes common errors in youth ministry and how to avoid them. This book is a must-read for all those wanting to make youth disciples through cell ministry.

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1935789872

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Facilitate

How to Lead a Life-giving Small Group

By: Joel Comiskey

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Facilitate

How to Lead a Life-giving Small Group

By: Joel Comiskey

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 book 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 book has eight lessons, full of practical questions and applications. You will learn how to: Prepare spiritually for the power of God to flow in the meetingStructure the meeting in a dynamic and effective wayEncourage attendees to participate and share their experiencesSuggest interesting topics and questionsListen carefully and detect problems in the group By putting into practice the ideas and suggestions in this book, any leader of a cell group will find it easy to achieve an exciting atmosphere in the meetings and ensure that attendees want to come back and even bring new people with them.

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Encounter

Receive Christ's Freedom

By: Joel Comiskey

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Encounter

Receive Christ's Freedom

By: Joel Comiskey

Christ's death on the cross offers victory over bitterness, addictions, occult bondage, and debilitating strongholds. Encounter! Receive Christ's Freedom will show you how to apply Christ's victory to your own life. This book is an excellent resource for someone who is bound by sinful habits or who simply needs to live an abundant life. It explains clearly how to receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit and then to walk in the Spirit's power. It's a great resource to use individually or in a retreat setting. In the back of the book, there's a coach's section to help guide someone else through the contents of this book. Topics include: Repentance and forgiveness; The power of the cross over sin, Satan, and demonic strongholds; How to receive inner healing; Freedom from the fear of death; How to be filled with the Spirit.

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Live

Experience Christ's Life

By: Joel Comiskey

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Live

Experience Christ's Life

By: Joel Comiskey

Jesus Christ offers abundant life for everyone who asks. But how does a person receive Christ's life? This book clearly explains how. The first chapter, Finding God, explains how to have a personal relationship with Jesus. The subsequent chapters equip the believer to live a fruitful Christian life. The book teaches on prayer, Bible study, Christian fellowship, receiving a new identify, obeying Christ's commands, and administrating God's resources. Live: Experience Christ's Life is an excellent resource to give to a pre-Christian seeker. A person can both find Christ and grow in Him by studying this book. It's a great resource to use one-on-one or in a Sunday school classroom. This book is the first in a five-part series that makes fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Lesson 1: Finding God Lesson 2: Establishing a Strong Foundation Lesson 3: Getting to Know God Lesson 4: Life with Other Jesus Followers Lesson 5: Living in Victory Lesson 6: Triumphing Over the Forces of Evil Lesson 7: My Life and My Wallet Lesson 8: Baptism and the Lord's Supper Appendix: How to Coach Someone using this Material Index

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You Can Coach

How to Help Leaders Build Healthy Churches Through Coaching

By: Joel Comiskey,Sam Scaggs,Ben Wong

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You Can Coach

How to Help Leaders Build Healthy Churches Through Coaching

By: Joel Comiskey,Sam Scaggs,Ben Wong

We've entitled this book "You Can Coach" because we believe that coaching is more about passing on what you've lived and holding others accountable in the process. Coaching doesn't require a higher degree, special talent, unique personality, or a particular spiritual gift. We believe, in fact, that God wants coaching to become a movement. We long to see the day in which every pastor has a coach and in turn is coaching someone else. In this book, you'll hear three coaches who have successfully coached pastors for many years. They will share their history, dreams, principles, and what God is doing through coaching. Our hope is that you'll be both inspired and resourced to continue your own coaching ministry in the years to come.

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193578904X

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The Spirit-Filled Small Group

Leading Your Group to Experience Spiritual Gifts

By: Joel Comiskey

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The Spirit-Filled Small Group

Leading Your Group to Experience Spiritual Gifts

By: Joel Comiskey

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. Only through the Spirit’s power can we expect to see the miracles that Jesus talked about when He said that if we would abide in Him, we would bear much fruit and even do greater works than He did while He was on earth. The key distinction of this book is the spiritual perspective it gives to small group ministry. So much of the literature about small groups relates to small group technique and only touches briefly on the Spirit’s power. This book is a practical reference guide to help small group leadership begin to move in the supernatural realm. The book’s first priority is to help small group leaders and members trust the Holy Spirit to lead them, empower them and work in their group. Small group facilitators often sense a lack of guidance, power and spiritual authority. Jesus knew His disciples would be powerless without a touch from the Holy Spirit, and so He told them to wait in Jerusalem, saying, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Small group leaders need a power boost to make small group ministry relevant and exciting. The second priority of this book is to help the facilitator identify and mobilize each small group member to use his or her own spiritual gifts. Small group facilitators often feel ill-prepared to identify spiritual gifts of the people in the group. I firmly believe that the small group atmosphere is the perfect place to develop the gifts of the Spirit in each member’s life, and so it is essential that the facilitator know how to do this. Whatever denominational or non-denominational label a church wears, the most important characteristic, in my opinion, is promoting individual sensitivity, devotion and dependence on the Holy Spirit. In a Holy Spirit-charged atmosphere, cell leaders are best raised up and members are encouraged to minister in their giftedness. This book has been written for those who are leading (facilitating) a small group, participating in a small group or considering joining a small group. Group members should read this book for two particular reasons: First, members make a significant contribution to the life of the cell. Each member will be intimately involved in causing supernatural events to happen—using the gifts, intercession, etc. In the life of the group, no one is to sit back and do nothing. The best cell leaders, in fact, rarely “lead” the entire cell, instead encouraging cell members to participate actively. Second, members are the next in line to actually lead the small group. I am assuming that the readers of this book are believers who desire God and are seeking to walk in the Spirit. I am also assuming that those reading this book are studying the Bible and growing in their relationships with the Lord. There are many great books dedicated to defining each spiritual gift in detail. Many other authors cover gifts beyond the scope of this book, such as voluntary poverty, hospitality, celibacy, missions, exorcism, martyrdom, artistic creativity, craftsmanship and music. Rather than cover every possible gift, this book will focus on how the Spirit uses gifts in the small group context and guides the leader to facilitate a Spirit-filled group. Because this book is written to lay leadership rather than senior leaders of the Church, I will not cover in detail the five-fold offices that Paul mentioned in Ephesians 4.8 Instead, the gifts I will cover in this book are explicitly listed in Scripture (the one exception is intercessory prayer, which I call a spiritual gift although some would disagree).

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The Relational Disciple

How God Uses Community to Shape Followers of Jesus

By: Joel Comiskey

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How God Uses Community to Shape Followers of Jesus

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You can also call: 1-888-344-2355 (Joel Comiskey Group). Jesus lived with His disciples for three years and taught them essential life lessons as a group. After three years, he commanded them to "go and do likewise" (Matthew 28:18-20). Jesus discipled His followers through relationships-and He wants us to do the same. We in the west, on the other hand, prepare lone-ranger disciples based on our culture of individualism. This book will detail how our culture of individualism has now turned into isolationism and that social relationships are at an all-time low. The church of Jesus Christ has also been negatively impacted through a brand of individualism that fails to truly make disciples. This book will encourage Christ-followers to allow God to mold them through the natural relationships of life: family, friends, work relationships, church, cells, etc. It will explain how God uses the relationships in our lives to mold and shape us into His disciples. The book will cover such themes as: --New Testament Community --The Problem of Isolation --Relationship with God --Relationship with those closest to you (spouse, family --Relationship with friends and work associates --Relationships through small group ministry --Relationships in the local church --Relationships with the un-churched This book will demonstrate how God uses relationships to mold and shape followers of Jesus. My hope is that God will use this book to help readers see that He is using the natural relationships in their lives to mold and shape them into followers of Jesus.

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Grow

Deepen Your Relationship with Christ

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Deepen Your Relationship with Christ

By: Joel Comiskey

This book will show you how to make your quiet time with God the most exciting and rewarding part of your day! Jesus Christ wants every Christian to grow in a deeper relationship with Himself. Yet so many people stagnate in the Christian life. Grow! Deepen Your Relationship with Christ 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. It outlines clearly how to seek God in the quiet time and explains the amazing benefits of experiencing God on a daily basis. This book can be used individually, in a small group, or a classroom teaching setting. In the back of this book, there's a coach's section to help guide someone else through the contents of this book. Topics include: Benefits of spending daily time with God, Practical tips for starting and maintaining a quiet time, Discovering God's joy through seeking Him, Meditating on God's Word, Entering God's presence, Listening to God's voice, Interceding on behalf of others, Fasting, and Taking a 24-hour Sabbath rest.

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Make Christ Real to Others

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Make Christ Real to Others

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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. Share will especially help believers develop relationships with non-Christians by following the example of Jesus Christ, who was a "friend of sinners." This book can be used in a classroom setting or one-on-one. Share forms part of a five-book series that equips a person to become a fruitful disciple of Jesus Christ. TABLE OF CONTENTS Lesson 1: Sharing Good News Lesson 2: Sowing the Seed Lesson 3: Relational Evangelism Lesson 4: Looking for Open Doors Lesson 5: How to Share the Message Lesson 6: Sharing Your Journey Lesson 7: Fishing with a Net Lesson 8: Meeting Needs as a Group Appendix: How to Coach Someone using this Material Index

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Living in Victory

9 Spiritual Truths for Transformation and Renewal

By: Joel Comiskey

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Living in Victory

9 Spiritual Truths for Transformation and Renewal

By: Joel Comiskey

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 to activities after driving through Taco Bell for dinner. Every week, John sits in the second row at church, listening to the pastor, and he and Jenny volunteer in the children’s church. But he told me last week that he is exhausted. On the surface, he has a good life, but deep down he is drowning. He has no real victory. How does someone like John stem the tide? How does he start living the victorious lifestyle Jesus came to offer? Many find the answer in promises of a magic pill, something that provides a quick fix. But such fixes don’t exist. The victory of God is an ongoing lifestyle while adopting and applying certain priorities that prepare and equip us for life. True victory comes in heaven and not on earth. And only the Spirit of God living through the believer based on God’s Word can give true victory. But there are basic principles that God has used throughout the centuries to encourage believers and give them victory. In this book, I’ve pinpointed nine principles and priorities that will help a believer live a victorious Christian life. They are: -victory in preparing for eternity -victory in experiencing God's love -victory in God's grace -victory in God’s sovereignty -victory in spending time with Jesus -victory in close relationships -victory in the local church -victory in rest -victory in healthy living These nine priorities will help you understand and apply principles that are simple, biblical, and time-tested to produce spiritual, emotional, and physical benefits. My aim is to stimulate you to live these biblical truths while allowing the Holy Spirit to transform you.

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The Relational Disciple

How God Uses Community to Shape Followers of Jesus

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How God Uses Community to Shape Followers of Jesus

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Lead

Guide a Small Group to Experience Christ

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Guide a Small Group to Experience Christ

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Small groups are leader breeders. Jesus formed his twelve 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. It is excellent to use both in a Sunday School setting or one-on-one. This book forms part of a five-part series to help a person become a fully-devoted follower of Jesus Christ. TABLE OF CONTENTS Lesson 1: Understanding the Cell Lesson 2: Facilitating the Group Lesson 3: Ministering to People Lesson 4: Creating a Spiritual Atmosphere Lesson 5: Multiplying Cells Lesson 6: Working Diligently Lesson 7: Working Smart Lesson 8: Making Disciple-makers Appendix: How to Coach Someone using this Material Index

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Reap the Harvest

Making Disciples through Holistic Small Group Ministry

By: Joel Comiskey

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Making Disciples through Holistic Small Group Ministry

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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. Conversely, churches that do not embrace these same principles have problems with their groups and therefore are not as effective in making disciples. Cell churches are successful not because they have small groups but because they have the system in place to support the groups. In Reap the Harvest, you will discover how these systems work.

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The Spirit-Filled Small Group

Leading Your Group to Experience Spiritual Gifts

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Home Cell Group Explosion

How Your Small Group Can Grow and Multiply

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How Your Small Group Can Grow and Multiply

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Home Cell Group Explosion (2023 version) is the most researched and practical book ever written on cell group evangelism! Joel Comiskey traversed the globe to find out why certain churches and small groups are successful in reaching the lost. He found the answers and freely shares them within this volume. If you are a pastor or small group leader, you should devour this book! It will encourage you and give you simple, practical steps for dynamic small group life and growth. My friend Joel Comiskey is a combination of a local church practitioner and a painstaking scholar. Joel spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars visiting eight of the highest-visibility cell group churches to interview their leaders and record his findings. I love this book because it focuses on the multiplication of cells for the greatest evangelistic results. (C.Peter Wagner, Author, Scholar, and Church Growth Expert) Comiskey does not just describe what is happening in cell churches. He takes the next step and identifies in a step-by-step fashion how we can apply these principles in our churches. It is all here-everything we need to know to start and grow a cell group ministry. I am grateful to Dr. Comiskey, for the time, effort, and research that has gone into producing this long-needed book. (Richard Peace, Ph.D., Professor of Evangelism and Spiritual Formation, Fuller Theological Seminary) Joel and I shared many days in Bogota as this book was written. His grasp of cell church models is superior to any other person I have worked with: this book is a treasure of information for church planters and pastors wishing to transition to the cell model. (Ralph W. Neighbour, Jr., Author, and Pioneer Church Planter)

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Planting Churches That Reproduce

Starting a Network of Simple Churches

By: Joel Comiskey

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Starting a Network of Simple Churches

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The Church That Multiplies

Growing a Healthy Cell Church in North America

By: Joel Comiskey

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The Church That Multiplies

Growing a Healthy Cell Church in North America

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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 explains why the cell church approach restores health and growth to the church today. More than anything else, this book will provide practical solutions for pastors and lay leaders to use in implementing cell-based ministry. NOTE: THIS BOOK WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED "CELL CHURCH SOLUTIONS: TRANSFORMING THE CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA." IT NOW HAS A NEW TITLE, NEW SECTION, AND HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RE-EDITED.

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Leadership Explosion

Multiplying Cell Group Leaders for the Harvest

By: Joel Comiskey

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Multiplying Cell Group Leaders for the Harvest

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Living in Victory

9 Spiritual Truths for Transformation and Renewal

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9 Spiritual Truths for Transformation and Renewal

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Biblical Foundations for the Cell-Based Church

New Testament Insights for the Twenty-First Century Church

By: Joel Comiskey

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Biblical Foundations for the Cell-Based Church

New Testament Insights for the Twenty-First Century Church

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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 hang our ministry and philosophy. On the other hand, we can plod through most anything when we know that God is stirring us to behave biblically. Cell church is not the latest, greatest church growth strategy. If it were, it would simply be a passing fad until the next hotter, more relevant strategy comes along. In fact, in many places around the world, cell church transforms the church through a purification process. Church growth is slow but cell church helps Christ's church go deeper. Joel Comiskey has been studying the cell church movement since 1991 and has discovered that the cell church strategy doesn't produce rapid growth in itself. God reserves growth for himself. He wants to receive the glory for all church growth. The first section of this book covers the Trinity, the model for all small group community. The good news is that the Trinity works within believers to mold and shape them into his image. This section explores God's emphasis on the family, starting from Genesis, Christ's formation of a new family, and then the early church's focus on family. Comiskey believes that family is the principal image of the church in Scripture. The last chapter in this section explains Jesus and his kingdom and more specifically how Jesus trained his disciples to evangelism through home-based outreach. Section two reveals how the early church met in homes. It explores what they did in those home meetings, the size of the house churches, and how home evangelism took place through ancient oikos relationships. Comiskey looks at how New Testament leadership developed naturally through the house church structure and how the early church connected the house churches into celebration gatherings (large group meetings). The last section applies all eight chapters to the church today. This last section draws out the New Testament insights that are applicable to the 21st century church.

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How to Lead a Great Small Group Meeting

So People Want to Come Back

By: Joel Comiskey

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How to Lead a Great Small Group Meeting

So People Want to Come Back

By: Joel Comiskey

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 unbelievers 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 cell 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. This guide will show you how to: -Prepare yourself spiritually to hear God during the meeting -Structure the meeting so it flows -Spur people in the group to participate and share their lives openly -Share your life with others in the group -Create stimulating questions -Listen effectively to discover what is transpiring in others' lives -Encourage and edify group members -Open the group to non-Christians -See the details that create a warm atmosphere 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.

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Coach

Empower Others to Effectively Lead a Small Group

By: Joel Comiskey

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Empower Others to Effectively Lead a Small Group

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My favorite coach is John Wooden. During his time coaching college basketball with the UCLA Bruins, Wooden won ten NCAA titles, including seven in a row from 1967 to 1973. His UCLA teams also had a record winning streak of eighty-eight games, four perfect 30-0 seasons, and won thirty-eight straight games in NCAA Tournaments. Yet, Wooden wasn’t overly focused on winning basketball games. He was more concerned about building character in his players. He stimulated his players to be successful in their school studies, attitudes, and behavior—which ultimately resulted in success on the basketball court. And Wooden lived the life that he asked his players to follow. Wooden was an amazing coach because he built into the lives of his players and developed their character. Coaching small group leaders has similar characteristics. The goal of Christian coaches is to move people toward Jesus Christ. The Christian coach strives to lead people forward to conformity with Jesus Christ, knowing that the ultimate crown is the one that will last forever (1 Corinthians 9:25). While Christ-like character is most important, a small group coach also equips leaders with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities they need to develop themselves and become more effective in small group ministry. A cell coach encourages, nourishes, and challenges cell leaders to grow and multiply their cell groups. The word “coach” is descriptive of the role a person plays as he or she supports cell leaders under his or her care. It is not a sacred term. In fact, churches use many terms to identify the role played by the cell group coach: supervisor, section leader, G-12 leader, cell overseer, cell sponsor, even “L” (which is the roman numeral for 50). This book provides step by step instructions on how to coach a small group leader from the initial stages of leading the group all the way to giving birth to a new one. Those who have never coached before will receive clear information on how to take the small group leader to the next level. And someone who is already coaching a small group leader will also find the eight lessons in this book invaluable to empower others to lead fruitful groups. I have another, more-in-depth book on coaching called How to be a Great Cell Group Coach. Some of the same concepts are covered in both books, but the major difference is that this book is a hands-on-training manual to prepare someone to be a coach of small group leaders. My other book How to be a Great Cell Group Coach would be a great reference manual to use alongside this book.

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Lead

Guide a Small Group to Experience Christ

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Guide a Small Group to Experience Christ

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Children in Cell Ministry

Discipling the Future Generation Now

By: Joel Comiskey

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Children in Cell Ministry

Discipling the Future Generation Now

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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 practical examples of intergenerational cell groups and how effective cell churches have implemented this type of group. He then writes about children only cell groups, citing many practical examples from some of the most effective cell churches in the world. Comiskey covers equipping for children, how to equip the parents, and mistakes in working with children in the cell church. This is a must read book for all those wanting to minister to children both in large and small groups.

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Myths and Truths of the Cell Church

Key Principles that Make or Break Cell Ministry

By: Joel Comiskey

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Key Principles that Make or Break Cell Ministry

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You Can Coach

How to Help Leaders Build Healthy Churches Through Coaching

By: Joel Comiskey,Sam Scaggs,Ben Wong

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How to Help Leaders Build Healthy Churches Through Coaching

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Make Christ Real to Others

By: Joel Comiskey

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How to Be a Great Cell Group Coach

Practical Insight for Supporting and Mentoring Cell Group Leaders

By: Joel Comiskey

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Practical Insight for Supporting and Mentoring Cell Group Leaders

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Research has proven that the greatest contributor to cell group success is the quality of coaching provided for cell group leaders. Many are serving in the position of a coach, but they don't fully understand what they are supposed to do in this position. Joel Comiskey has identified seven habits of great cell group coaches. These include: • Receiving from God. • Listening to the needs of the cell group leader. • Encouraging the cell group leader. • Caring for the multiple aspects of a leader's life. • Developing the cell leader in various aspects of leadership. • Strategizing with the cell leader to create a plan. • Challenging the cell leader to grow. Practical insights on how to develop these seven habits are outlined in section one. Section two addresses how to polish your skills as a coach with instructions on diagnosing problems in a cell group, how to lead coaching meetings, and what to do when visiting a cell group meeting. This book will prepare you to be a great cell group coach, one who mentors, supports, and guides cell group leaders into great ministry.

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2000 Years of Small Groups

A History of Cell Ministry in the Church

By: Joel Comiskey

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2000 Years of Small Groups

A History of Cell Ministry in the Church

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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. Themes include: -Small Groups In Biblical History -Small Groups In Early Christian History -Small Groups and Monasticism -Small Groups During the Pre-Reformation Period -Luther and Small Groups -Martin Bucer and Small Groups -The Anabaptist Movement -Puritan Conventicles -Pietism -The Moravians -The Methodists -Modern House Churches -Small Groups in North America -The Modern Day Cell Church This book will both critique the strengths and weaknesses of these historical movements and apply principles to today's church. You will grow in appreciation and understanding of key small group principles from those pioneers who have paved the way. You will also learn to value those movers and shakers who faced far greater odds to implement small groups than the difficulties confronted today. Many have struggled with the same things you're wrestling with now. And just like they found solutions in the face of persecution and trial, God will help you to persevere, find solutions, and ultimately bear abundant fruit for his kingdom and glory.

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Una Cita Con El Rey

Ideas Para Dinamizar la Vida Devocional

By: Joel Comiskey

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Una Cita Con El Rey

Ideas Para Dinamizar la Vida Devocional

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Una Cita con el Rey ofrece estímulo y abundantes ayudas prácticas para convertir la tarea de las devociones en una costumbre que transformará su vida y le producirá gozo que esperará con agrado. ¡Aprenda el cómo y el por qué de pasar un tiempo de calidad con Dios y descubra cuán profundamente el Rey está deseoso de reunirse con usted! Con calidez y honestidad Joel Comiskey señala claramente cómo usted puede buscar a Dios en su tiempo devocional y explica los beneficios asombrosos que usted experimentará mientras Dios bendice su vida. Con este libro de ayuda y entusiasta, usted puede tener un tiempo devocional que significa mucho más que abrir una Biblia y decir sus oraciones. Será un tiempo de experimentar al Dios vivo - un tiempo de comunión con el Rey.

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Facilitate

How to Lead a Life-giving Small Group

By: Joel Comiskey

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How to Lead a Life-giving Small Group

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An Appointment with the King

Ideas for Jump-starting Your Devotional Life

By: Joel Comiskey

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An Appointment with the King

Ideas for Jump-starting Your Devotional Life

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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 book first answers the question 'Where do I start?' with step-by-step instructions on how to spend time with God and practical ideas for experiencing him more fully. Second, it highlights the benefits of spending time with God, including joy, victory over sin, and spiritual guidance. Third, this book inspires and motivates those who already have a quiet time to press ahead and grow in their intimacy with God. An Appointment with the King discusses personal priorities, the use of Scripture, listening, place and time of day, meditation, increased power in prayer, and other helpful topics related to daily quiet time. The book will help Christians tap into God?'s resources on a daily basis, so that even in the midst of busyness they can walk with him in intimacy and abundance. This book will teach you how to spend quality time with God each day, refreshing your soul and preparing you for the day ahead. Each chapter will provide practical suggestions on how to experience God more fully in your quiet time. The goal is to help you understand the whys and hows of spending time with God.

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Making Cell Groups Work Navigation Guide

A Toolbox of Ideas and Strategies for Transforming Your Church

By: Joel Comiskey, Scott Boren, Ralph Neighbour, Randall Neighbour, Bill Beckham

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Making Cell Groups Work Navigation Guide

A Toolbox of Ideas and Strategies for Transforming Your Church

By: Joel Comiskey, Scott Boren, Ralph Neighbour, Randall Neighbour, Bill Beckham

This is an expanded, 624-page reference tool for the 8-stage transition process found in How Do We Get There From Here? (formerly titled, Making Cell Groups Work). This sizable compilation is filled with hundreds of articles by pastors and experts, including helpful articles such as how to transition your church's calendar and budget to allow for a growing holistic small group (cell group) ministry, how to choose team members to implement the transition; tips on how to prototype groups; and much much more! One of the most valuable tools found in this resource is a revealing readiness assessment tool, which will help you determine weaknesses (if any) in four key areas of church health, all of which are required for a successful transition.

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Youth in Cell Ministry

Discipling the Next Generation Now

By: Joel Comiskey

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Discipling the Next Generation Now

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