MY FAMILY: CELYCE, SARAH ( 17 ), NICOLE ( 14 ), CHELSEA ( 12 )

1. MY FAMILY: CELYCE, SARAH (17), NICOLE (14), CHELSEA (12)

2. MY FAMILY

3. Point in common between cell church transition and cell church planting Both begin with a single cell

4. Three stages of an Effective Transition PRE-TRANSITION TRANSITION POST-TRANSITION

5. Pre-transition

6. 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

7. PRE-TRANSITIONDiffusion of Innovations by Everett Rogers

8. 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!”

9. Don’t talk about Paradigm Shifts

10. CHANGE TAKES TIME • What does this mean? • Be patient! • Allow others time to process ideas.

11. The HUGE problems are below the surface and don’t appear until later

12. 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.

13. 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

14. Win the people of influence- don’tbe a loneranger

15. 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

16. Transition

17. Pilot Cell Group A Prototype Cell helps model what the first leaders will be doing

18. 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).

19. Post-transition

20. 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 “Power People” in Your Church TRANSITION Begin Well “Go-for-it” Approach “Model Cell” Approach POST-TRANSITION Build the Key Cell Church Components

21. KEY COMPONENTS OF THE CELL CHURCH • Equipping Track • Care System • Cell Church Details • Celebration Services • Integration of Cells and Ministries

22. Table Talk Have your ever been part of a transition to cell church? Briefly share your experience--whether positive or negative. . .

23. Cell Church Planting

24. Methods of Church Planting • Plant Independent Cell Churches in Same City • Southern Baptists throughout the world

25. Methods of Church Planting • Plant Independent Cell Churches in Different Cities • Elim Church • Love Alive

26. Methods of Church Planting • Plant Satellite Cell Churches in the Same City • Christian Center • The International Charismatic Mission

27. Methods of Church Planting • The Combination Approach • Yoido Full Gospel Church • Both satellite churches and Independent Cell Churches

28. 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).

29. 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].

30. Cell Church Planting Strategy Second step: develop values/ vision Visit cell churches Read the literature Attend seminars

31. 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

32. 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!

33. Multiply the pilot group

34. First multiplication

35. Coaching with one leader C-1

36. Second multiplication

37. Coaching with two leaders C-2

38. Third multiplication

39. Coaching with three leaders C-3

40. Simple Cell Church Planting OpenCell Closed leadership C3 Group OpenCell C-3 OpenCell Open Cell

41. COACHING POSSIBILITY Pastoral C12 OpenCell Closed COACHING Group Open Cell C-12 C-3 Open Cell Open Cell

42. 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.

43. Cell Church Planting Strategy Sixth step: build the infrastructure Coaching Training Integration

44. Cell Church Planting Strategy Seventh step: plant new churches Cell churches value reproduction of leaders, pastors, and churches.

45. E X P A N S I O N J e r u s a l e m S a m a r i a W o r l d J u d e a

46. Table talk Reflection: Have you planted or been part of a cell church plant? Share your experience, whether positive or negative. . .