Healthy cells in a body multiply to form identical cells, so that our bodies remain healthy and grow. All the cells work together to enable our bodies to function as a whole. So a healthy cell group is where we experience the intimacy of God’s love through close friendships and encouragement, helping us to grow. The Sunday Morning Celebration is when all the cells join together, to experience the majesty of God’s love in a bigger setting, and to be reminded of the ‘big picture’ of God’s purposes for us and His world.

Cell is about relationships, not just a meeting, although meeting regularly is important. Over a period of time a balanced diet is experienced in the cell meeting and cell social activities. Welcome is about ‘ice-breakers’ that enable us to get to know each other. Worship is about lives surrendered to God, focussing on His presence, and experiencing spiritual gifts. Word is a discussional study time following up what was preached on Sunday. Witness is a time of praying and strategizing how together we can bring our family and friends to Christ.

Size-wise a cell starts with 6 – 8 people and when it reaches 16 – 20 people, multiplies into 2 groups. The assistant leader from the original group takes on the new group.

The cell group focus is about loving God, loving each other and reaching out with God’s love to others. As such the cell group is the basic Christian community in the church. This means that as the church grows, people can still feel they belong, are cared for, and are spurred on as they seek to live out their daily lives for God. This is achieved by fostering good relationships, developing our spiritual lives, and reaching out to our families, friends, work and leisure colleagues and neighbours