Kneading dough: Building the team; unleashing the Discipleship Power of the Cell Group (1)

During the monthly prayer meeting on 7 March, C-Mo shared tips on discipleship and team building, using the analogy of “kneading dough”.

Flour is without form by itself – as water is added to it, it turns into dough. From this, I am inspired about discipleship and team leading. For example, if a cell leader attends to the needs of cell members A, B and C individually, it is like taking out three small balls of dough from the big dough of cell group: these three balls of dough are on their own. They are not bonding with the big dough, and the big dough turns uneven and is diminished in size.

In discipleship and team leading alike, core members are desperately needed. They can be couples who are of one heart and of good relationship. Upon this foundation, other cell members of good relationship with the core members can be brought in one by one – and in turn they will become core members, enlarging the whole team. Similarly, small bits of dough are added slowly to the large dough, and it becomes larger still.

To newcomers who trust the cell leader and are willing to open up to the cell group, the cell leader and the core members shall together enter into the newcomers’ lives, embracing them like a big dough and kneading it into a new, larger dough. The new and bigger dough is able to embrace another cell member who is willing to open up to the cell group, making the cell group dough bigger, more united, and more even dough, which is greater in power and discipleship.•