Comiskey, who we have been quoting throughout many posts, also writes in Cell Church Solutions that if a Cell Group is going to authentically grow, and not simply stagnate like many of our churches to, is must be involved in outreach. This confirms for me my own statement that:
All disciplieship leads to mission or it is not discipleship.
Joel writes: “Research and experience show . . . that better, more biblical community develops when a cell reaches out to [those who Jesus misses most] non-Christians. . . . The friendhsip and love (community) develops in the process of reaching out as a group to non-Christians.” (p. 108-109)
Essentially, the group’s goal of becoming closer only comes when it is sending people out. The more closed in a group becomes the less likely it’s goals of becomming community will be met. Not only that, they begin to lose one of the most prominant attributes of Christian community – that of reaching out to others outside of themselves. This is an incredible journey into a satisfying darkness.
Risk is vital to healthy groups.
