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Operating and Supervising Cell Group Leaders
Paul Jang  2008-03-29 01:18:41, hit : 4,123


Operating and Supervising Cell Group Leaders


It is very important for pastor to motivate their leaders so that they may make their group members involve in the home cell group meeting. Palmer Becker said as follows: An important goal for a Care Group leader is to have everyone in the group involved. Not all will participate equally on a verbal level, but everyone needs a sense of ownership in the group (Becker 1993b,103).

Unless they are to participate in the programs, the home cell group couldn,t be effectively operated. First of all, the leaders should be motivated to be thoroughly trained to handle their members. In so doing, the pastor should encourage them (Cho 1981, 135-136). It may be fairly said that the leaders are the engines of the cell group trains. Thereofre the pastor encourage and promote them to be spiritully strenghten. And the pastor must spervise them to ardently engage their tasks, and they would not be neglect but on fire (Cho 1981, 141).

The pastor should give more time to the leaders than to all of the rest of the congregation put together as Jesus did. Jesus Christ also gave more time to his twelve diciples that to other people (McBride 1993, 17). Palmer Becker told an importance of the time for the leaders as follows:

As pastor, you will do well to give more time to your pastoral team members than you give to anybody else in the church. Often pastors spend most of their discretionary time ministering to new Christians or to problem-oriented people at the fringes of the church. To have an effective team, you need to shift time actually doing that kind of ministry work, however important, to nurturing your ministry team (Becker 1993a, 102).

There is close corelation between a motivation and a supervision in leadership. Pastors must motivate the leaders and supervise them (Becker 1994a, 80).
How then could operate their groups? First of all, it is important for the leaders to create a warm and a lovely atmosphere in the group meetings because the small/cell group members must meet with face to face in their meeting (Becker 1993b, 109; Nicholas et al. 1985, 72). In fact, in the first meeting, people are afraid to see and speak each and one another (Becker 1993b, 104). Therefore a warm atmosphere must be created so as to be fastly acquainted with together.

It is better to have a gathering time getting ready for the home cell meeting. While the group members are arriving, may previously serve refreshments (Nicholas et al. 1985, 73; Becker 1993a, 70). and start off with gospel songs, hyms, prayer, and with names, history-giviing, hometown and occupation etc. (Becker 1993a, 70). After a close and lovely atmosphere pervaded the place of meeting, the leaders may guide their members into the main meeting activities. They have a brief worship service and Bible study (Nicholas et al. 1985, 73), and all back together, they move to the real purpose of the group-to care for one another (Becker 1993b, 104).

It is not wise for them to be too bogged down into the Bible study discussion (Becker 1993b, 104). The most important purpose of the home cell group is to take care for one another. The caring time may start off with songs of prayer and praise and sharing of prayer requests (Becker 1993b, 104). And the leaders should ask for feedback from time to time on what might improve full participation (Becker 1993b, 104).

Without full participation the leader and members of the meeting may be depressed. Full participation could made both of them be excited and encouraged (Becker 1993b, 107). Lastly, it can be commented and announced when and where to have the next meeting. And all members say good-by together. Thus the small/cell group meeting would be over in the grace of God.





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