Home Cell Group Explosion: How Your Small Group Can Grow and Multiply [Paperback]

Joel Comiskey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1998

Home Cell Group Explosion 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.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Home Cell Group Explosion by Dr. Joel Comiskey is a brilliant new comet in the cell church firmament. This paperback book (150 pages) is already having a considerable impact, becoming a "best seller", according to its publisher, Touch Publications. The book crystallizes the author's findings in some eighteen areas of research, based on a meticulous questionnaire that he submitted to cell church leaders in eight countries around the world, locations that he also visited personally for his research. The detailed notes in the back of the book offer the student of cell church growth a rich mine for further reading. The beauty of Comiskey's book is that he not only summarizes his survey results in a thoroughly convincing way but goes on to analyze in practical ways many of his survey results in separate chapters. The happy result is that any cell church leader, intern or member completing this quick read will have his priorities/values clearly aligned and ready to be followed-up -- Henry Paasonen, C&MA Cellnet, March 25, 1998

From the Publisher

Home Cell Group Explosion is the most researched and practical book every written on cell group ministry! 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.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 149 pages
• Publisher: Touch Publications; 1 Ed edition (February 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880828065
• ISBN-13: 978-1880828069
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My early childhood was spent in Long Beach, CA, where both of my parents were teachers at Long Beach City College. I attended elementary school through high school in L.B. I was transformed by Jesus Christ in 1974 at the age of seventeen after searching in many directions for the meaning of life. In 1978, I felt a definite call to be a missionary. In 1986, I met my wife Celyce Hahn of Mariposa, California, and we were married in Feb. 1988. In 1990 we left for missionary service in Ecuador, South America. In 2001 we returned for ministry in the U.S. and now live in Southern California with our three daughters: Sarah, Nicole, and Chelsea.

I received a Ph.D. from Fuller Seminary and am founder and president of Cell Church Solutions (CCS), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping churches fulfill the great commission.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Should be required reading for every cell group leader., June 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Home Cell Group Explosion: How Your Small Group Can Grow and Multiply (Paperback)

Cuts through all the theories about why we think cell and small groups grow and provides carefully researched statistical data that proves why they do and why they don't multiply. Every planning/ministry/pastorial team should make this required reading for themselves as well as their group leaders.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent cross-cultural study, February 5, 2008

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Dennis McCallum - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home Cell Group Explosion: How Your Small Group Can Grow and Multiply (Paperback)

Comiskey studied the cell-church movement as exemplified by Paul Yonggi Cho's church in Korea. He identified eight other huge cell-churches in different countries and did a survey of the cell leaders as a basis for this book (originally linked to his dissertation). The cell-church model is being adopted by a growing number of large churches in America. The model assumes extremely rapid growth. Most expect their cell groups to double and multiply in six to 12 months. Leadership development goes forward in each cell, as assistant leaders are trained by existing leaders. The central church leadership typically adds a leadership class of several weeks to a year in length, although with the longer programs, the students are already leading groups during most of the training.

Comisky reveals the common threads found in leaders of cell groups that multiply. A very interesting read.

- Dennis McCallum, author Organic Disciplemaking: How to promote Christian leadership development through personal relationships, biblical discipleship, mentoring, and Christian community

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read - Important and Practical Concepts, September 14, 2002

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"shofar" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home Cell Group Explosion: How Your Small Group Can Grow and Multiply (Paperback)

In Home Cell Group Explosion, the author shows us why the intimate and nurturinging relationships that are shared by members of a small cell group simply cannot be reproduced to the same degree in ultra-large group gatherings. For this reason many traditional churches are unable to meet the needs of their individual members while at the same time striving to fulfill the great commission. He also reveals the main factors for the success of the largest cell-based churches in the world, and shows you why it is the way of the future. You should be able to read the book within a week.