Appreciating The Cell Church System

My post will focus on What is the Cell System, and Why the cell system. This is the only strategy for HEALTHY Church growth.

It is Easier to commit to something once you know why it is so...be blessed.

By Definition, a cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing, and is often called the building block of life (Wikipedia.org). ...The Body grows by multiplying and dividing of cells.

The Command/Advice from Jethro;
But select from all the people some capable, honest men who fear God and hate bribes. Appoint them as leaders over groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten. Ex 18:21 (NLT)

Early Church.
The Early Church was birthed in Acts with Cells. They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity. Acts 2:46 (NLT)

Examples of New Testament Churches in Homes.
And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah. Acts 5:42 (NLT).

Also give my greetings to the church that meets in their home...Romans 16:5 (NLT)

..Please give my greetings to our brothers and sisters at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church that meets in her house. Col 4:15 (NLT)

...and to our sister Apphia, and to our fellow soldier Archippus, and to the church that meets in your house. Philem 1:2 (NLT)

Mission of Cells
 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. Eph 4:16 (NLT)

Rationale for Cell System Strategy
(1) Healthy Growth; Cells are the Outreach force in Church. A Member invites neighbor/friends to share with them the gospel and encourage them. In this arena, the church has innumerable opportunities for growth.

(2) Preservation of the Saints; (Being your brother's Keeper), in a scenario where neighbors attend each church/fellowship/cell, most likely a member won’t do the wrong thing for fear of being castigated. Even then, he can be corrected in time.

(3) Care Unit of the Church; Members are in touch with one another, they know one who is travelling and for what purpose,  and when they intend to come back, did they leave a family behind? Who is looking after them? Why has member x not attended cell? who is sick? Who is having financial problems? The Cell members should be able to come in and help.

(4) Leadership Development Platform; as the Church grows, Cell leaders, Zone, District leaders, their assistants emerge, when these are empowered. They develop into empowered leaders and this creates a resource for the Ministry. It also helps advance the maturity rate of the church.

(5) Platform for Spiritual Growth; Facilitates rate of spiritual growth of members.  World Over, there is no Church Service where members ask questions; most are made to accept beliefs that they do not understand. The Cell system presents an opportunity for;
(i) Asking questions on matters of Dogma and tenets, and scripture for more enlightenment and understanding,
(ii) Making contributions and suggestions,
(iii)The leader gets an opportunity to correct member's beliefs, even with discussion should they have been twisted by earlier wrong teachings,

(6) Replication of the Presence of God in Houses (For Location Providers); The Bible records, …The Ark of the Lord remained there in Obed-edom’s house for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and his entire household. 2 Sam 6:11 (NLT)

Are you hosting cell? Are you a Location Provider for God's Work, brethren, you have the presence of God in your house, take the un-usual blessing.
If you are not hosting cell, be quick and host a cell group of your church today.

(7) Enhances Spiritual productivity of the Leader/Pastor; the leader flees up time to enable him concentrate on spiritual growth. The simple cases among the sheep are solved at lower levels and only challenging cases reach the Pastor. Ref. Exodus 18.

(8) Enhances Communication; Suppose a Pastor has a message he would like to pass on in the middle of the week/any day, in these times, he does not have to wait for Sunday service, he will send say an sms to his district leader, who in turn sends to regional leader,...to zonal, to cell leader and to members within say 15 Minutes. What a blessing.

Quick help:
>A Cell meets Once a week preferably in the Middle of the week
>A Cell Reporting System should be in place to track attendance and participation, and for purposes of follow up.
>It’s preferred that cells be drawn from the Neighborhoods where it won’t be costly to meet and effective in checking in on each other. 

>A Basic Cell has 10 Members on Average (breaks into 2 when members hit 12)
10 Cells Make a Zone
10 Zones a Regional
5 Regional s a District

I Hope you will go out of your way to start cells/attend cells and above all, host cells and to grow them, more so to explain to your church members why.

Remember; the plane can’t fly without its pilot…the spiritual leader always takes the lead.

Go and win souls using the Cell System Strategy.

Emmanuel Tugume,
Pastor, The Praise Chapel.

JESUS IS LORD

HE has redeemed us of all oppression of the devil,

To be a Christian, you must be born again,… John 3:3 (NKJV) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

((Isn't it absurd that we have people who think they are Christians simply because they go to church or they found themselves there because their parents were going to a church - almost 90% of the so called Christians are not because they have never made that decision despite the baptisms, etc))

To be born again, you must confess that Jesus is Lord,… Romans 10:9-11 (ASV), because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Christ has redeemed us

Galatians 4:3-7³ So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. ⁴ But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, ⁵ to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. ⁶ Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” ⁷ So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

Galatians 3:13¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us,…

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The 8 Biblical Cevenants

Wednesday 13th Marks the Beginning of Lent, through out to 31st March which is Easter.

We will be sharing more about Christianity and its tenets and dogma.

To begin with, lets share the covenants through the times and also remember that the last covenant was the New Testament which ushered us into the Kingdom of God thru acceptance of Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Dont enter any other covenant now for its finished already.

The Noahic Covenant

·         Found in Gen 9:1-18, the Noahic Covenant is an unconditional one that God made with Noah and his sons after the flood waters receded and everyone left the Ark. The Bible says that God caused a rainbow to appear in the sky on that day and used it to promise Noah, as well as all of mankind, that he would never again destroy the earth and all its inhabitants in a worldwide flood.

The Abrahamic Covenant

·         The Abrahamic Covenant is an unconditional covenant in which God makes a promise to Abraham that he would be the father to many different nations of people and that he would prosper and be blessed. Through Abraham came the race of the Jews, and the sign of the covenant is circumcision. The details of the Abrahamic Covenant can be found in Genesis 12:1-4;13:14-17; 15:1-7; 17:1-8.

The Mosaic Covenant

·         The Mosaic Covenant was a conditional one that God made between himself and Moses. Found in Exodus 20:1 - 31:18, this covenant contains the commandments that God gave to the Israelites for uncovering God's will and for governing the people. In Christian theology, the terms of the Mosaic Covenant, which are commandments, ordinances and judgments, expired on the cross when Jesus died for the sins of men, which started the "New Covenant."

The Land Covenant

·         The details of the Land Covenant are given in Deuteronomy 30:1-10. Some people have referred to this covenant as the "Palestine Covenant," however the Bible does not refer to this covenant in that manner. Here, God makes an unconditional promise to the Israelites that he will give them a land of their own. This covenant also includes a provision that when the land is given to that nation, the people will all be united once again in serving God and their enemies will be destroyed.

The Davidic Covenant                  

·         The Davidic Covenant is God's unconditional promise to David that he would have an eternal dynasty. Found in 2 Samuel 7:4-16 and 1 Chronicles 17:3-15, the provisions of the Davidic Covenant center around three major components: an everlasting throne, an everlasting King (Jeremiah 32:21) and an everlasting kingdom (Daniel 7:14). Christianity traces David's lineage to Jesus Christ, who was a descendant of David many generations removed, and see Christ as the rightful heir.

The New Covenant

·         The New Covenant is one that is mentioned many times throughout the Old Testament to promise a future Messianic Age. Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah who presides over the New Covenant. The main mention of the New Covenant is found in Jeremiah 31:31-40. This is an unconditional covenant that was established between God and all of mankind who choose to partake in a life of obedience to a new source of eternal salvation (Hebrews 5:9), read in Christianity as the promise of Christ. One of the provisions includes freedom from the laws given in the Mosaic Covenant.

Be blessed and share with friends.