Kneading dough: Building the team; unleashing the Discipleship Power of the Cell Group (2)

During the monthly prayer meeting on 7 March, Pastor Joshua and C-Mo talked about how to knead the dough of a cell group more evenly:

C-mo said, “Some cell leaders do not share with the rest of the cell group after helping or curating a particular cell member due to privacy concerns. However, we see many brothers and sisters boldly share their real life testimonies during Sunday services and are not worried they may be teased or looked down by others. Every one of us is a sinner who needs God’s Grace. Since that is the case, why are we afraid of what people think of us? We testify only to glorify God. In 611, there is a genuine and authentic atmosphere in which we receive discipleship, healing and deliverance. However, the enemy always tries to hinder us from sharing our testimony by making us conscious of protecting our privacy and hence not wanting to share our testimony publicly. It is true that we are not going to publicize all matters right at the beginning as some issues need to be dealt with privately. After the cell leader has handled the problem, and if this incident is beneficial to the cell group, then we can share the issue with the cell group such that others could accept and embrace this cell member together. As what a cell leader can do on his own is very limited, it is way better to embrace the cell member together as compared to the cell leader doing this alone. If we are willing to open up ourselves, living in the light, we can break down many self-imposed barriers and the cell group can then be kneaded into an even dough.”

Pastor Joshua said, “the benefits of pruning cell members openly are:

Firstly, the cell member sharing his testimony of being pruned with the cell group will find the experience more powerful and meaningful, hence, reducing the chance of repeating the same mistake. Secondly, other cell members will get to know him more and foster a better relationship with him. Thirdly, other people may have the same issue as him. Therefore, the cell leader can disciple other cell members simultaneously, thus kneading the dough in the cell group more evenly.”•