MY FAMILY: CELYCE, SARAH (17), NICOLE
(14), CHELSEA (12)
MY FAMILY
Point in common between
cell church transition and cell
church planting
Both begin with a
single cell
Three stages of an Effective
Transition
PRE-TRANSITION
TRANSITION
POST-TRANSITION
Steps for an Effective Transition
PRE-TRANSITION
 Make Sure the lead pastor is guiding the Cell
Vision
 Analyze Your Own Church
 Visit Other Cell Churches
 Envision the Future
Prepare the people for change
Win the “Influencers” in Your Church;
Develop a Team Vision
PRE-TRANSITION
Diffusion of Innovations
by Everett Rogers
COMPATABILITY
• Ideas are embraced readily
when they fit existing concepts.
• What does this mean?
– Use terminology that fits your church.
– Don’t talk a lot about “paradigm
shifts!”
Don’t talk about Paradigm Shifts
CHANGE TAKES TIME
What
does this mean?
– Be patient!
– Allow others time to
process ideas.
The HUGE problems
are below the
surface and don’t
appear until later
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
• Friendship—not just information.
• What does this mean?
– Don’t expect people to quickly be
influenced by you.
– Be a friend.
– Drink lots of coffee with people.
Steps for an Effective Transition
PRE-TRANSITION
 Make Sure the Lead Pastor is guiding the Cell
Vision
 Analyze Your Own Church
 Analyze Other Cell Churches
 Envision the Future
Prepare the people for change
Win the “Influencers” in Your Church;
Develop a Team Vision
Win the people of influence-
don’t be a lone ranger
Seven Steps for an Effective Transition
PRE-TRANSITION
 Make Sure the Senior Pastor is leading the Cell
Vision
 Analyze Your Own Church
 Analyze Other Cell Churches
 Envision the Future
 Prepare the people for change
 Win the “Influencers” in Your Church; Develop a
Team Vision
TRANSITION
 Begin Well
– “Go-for-it” Approach
– “Model Cell” Approach
Pilot Cell Group
A Prototype Cell helps model
what the first leaders will be
doing
PROTOTYPE BASICS
 Senior pastor chooses key leaders
who are committed to eventually
starting their own cell group.
 This is a normal cell group (training
on another night).
 The pilot cell meets for a certain time
period (e.g., 4-8 months). Afterwards
each member of the prototype cell
forms his or her own cell (or in teams
of two).
Seven Steps for an Effective Transition
PRE-TRANSITION
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Make Sure the Senior Pastor is leading the Cell Vision
Analyze Your Own Church
Analyze Other Cell Churches
Envision the Future
Prepare the people for change
Win the “Power People” in Your Church
TRANSITION
 Begin Well
– “Go-for-it” Approach
– “Model Cell” Approach
POST-TRANSITION
Build the Key Cell Church Components
KEY COMPONENTS OF THE
CELL CHURCH
• Equipping Track
• Care System
• Cell Church Details
• Celebration Services
• Integration of Cells and Ministries
Table Talk
Have your ever been part of
a transition to cell church?
Briefly share your
experience--whether positive
or negative. . .
Methods of Church Planting
• Plant Independent Cell Churches in
Same City
–Southern Baptists throughout the
world
Methods of Church Planting
• Plant Independent Cell
Churches in Different Cities
–Elim Church
–Love Alive
Methods of Church Planting
• Plant Satellite Cell Churches in
the Same City
–Christian Center
–The International Charismatic
Mission
Methods of Church Planting
• The Combination Approach
–Yoido Full Gospel Church
•Both satellite churches and
Independent Cell Churches
Cell Church Planting Strategy
•First step: recruit prayer partners
•Paul: “And pray for us, too, that God may
open a door for our message, so that we
may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for
which I am in chains. Pray that I may
proclaim it clearly, as I should” (Colossians
4:3-4).
Dynamic church planting principles
•Norman Dowe wrote:
•I have failed at planting a church twice. I
failed not because of my gift but because
of my reliance on my experience, training,
reading. . . [and not on prayer].
Cell Church Planting Strategy
•Second step: develop values/ vision
•Visit cell churches
•Read the literature
•Attend seminars
Cell Church Planting Strategy
•Third step: invite people to the pilot
cell
•The pilot group is your first church—
the first cell
•Find core people
•Model cell life
•Train future leaders separately from
the cell meeting
Cell Church Planting Strategy
•Fourth step: multiply pilot group
•After the pilot group multiplies, the church
planter becomes coach of the new leader (s)
and starts another cell. It’s great for the
planter to lead an open cell!
Multiply the pilot group
First multiplication
Coaching with one leader
C-1
Second multiplication
Coaching with two leaders
C-2
Third multiplication
Coaching with three leaders
C-3
Simple Cell Church Planting
OpenCell
Closed leadership
C3 Group
Open
Cell
C-3
Open
Cell
Open
Cell
COACHING POSSIBILITY
Pastoral C12
OpenCell
Open
Cell
Closed COACHING
Group
C-3
Open
Cell
Open Cell
C-12
Cell Church Planting Strategy
•Fifth step: start celebration worship
•Don’t start celebration too quickly
•70 - 100 in attendance before weekly
celebration
• Bob Logan has his own formula:
•When there are 3 cells, celebration
once per month
•When there are 5 cells, celebration
twice per month
•When there are 7-8 cells, celebration
every week.
Cell Church Planting Strategy
•Sixth step: build the infrastructure
•Coaching
•Training
•Integration
Cell Church Planting Strategy
•Seventh step: plant new churches
•Cell churches value reproduction
of leaders, pastors, and churches.
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Table talk
Reflection:
Have you planted or been part of a
cell church plant? Share your
experience, whether positive or
negative. . .