2. THE ELIM CHURCH GROWTH

4. CELL GROWTH YEAR CELLSATTENDANCE 1989 2,534 23,411 1990 3,229 41,816 1993 5,562 86,088 1994 6,400 91,108 1995 6,933 107,189 1996 7,441 107,133 1997 6,554 95,185 1998 6,865 98,920 1999 7,226 106,952 2000 7,414 106,542 2001 7,970 111,547 2003 8,571 116,034

5. THE SCRIPTURES AND GOD’S POWER Driven by God’s Word Inflamed by God’s Spirit Powerful in prayer

6. ELIM: WEEKLY CELEBRATION ( 35,000 PEOPLE ATTENDING EACH SUNDAY )

7. ONE OF ELIM’S SEVEN WEEKEND CELEBRATION SERVICES

8. The word passion means: “intense or overpowering emotion. An intense enthusiasm for something: a keen interest in a particular subject or activity, such as a passion for music.” The keen interest and enthusiasm at Elim Church is Jesus Christ and His glory. The cell system gives wings to express God’s passion, making everyone a minister and decentralizing the church so that everyone can be involved. “Passion is the key to our success,” Mario Vega told me. “Without passion, it doesn’t work. If the cell leader doesn’t have passion, he won’t multiply his life into others. The most important thing about leadership is passion. You must have passion.” PASSION

9. Share the passion level current in your church today. What have you done that helps drive the passion level higher? PASSION REFLECTION

10. PENETRATING THE CITY THROUGH EVANGELIZING CELLS Penetration Evangelism Evangelism Evangelistic Ministry of the Cell Host/Hostess Seizing Opportunities to Evangelize Goal Setting Goal Setting Planning to Evangelize Evangelize The Privilege of Multiplication Fulfilling God’s Evangelistic Purpose Purpose

11. We make and strengthen friendships with non-believers with the goal of serving them and living out our testimony of love for them. We invite non-Christians to attend cell groups. We pray for the conversions of those we invite to the cell. We emphasize to cell members that the goal is multiplication, and the way we’re going to multiply is through evangelism. evangelism FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM

12. Souls count to God, and Elim believes they can do a better job at winning men and women to Jesus Christ if they plan for growth. Mario Vega works with each district to determine how many new cells can be established. A newer, more receptive district might produce more cells than an older, saturated one. After Mario went through this process with the district pastors, together they set the goal of 600 new cells for 2003. Multiplication goals are then updated weekly and posted to show which leaders are closest to reaching their goals. By posting the goals, each leader knows where he or she stands in the process. The leaders encourage and stimulate each other for the Kingdom’s sake. Elim is passionate about conquering a city for Jesus and thus believes strongly in setting clear goals to accomplish it. Goal Setting

13. HOW GOALS ARE MEASURED (1 ST QUARTER 2000) NAMESCELLS (30 %)ADULT ATTENDANCE (25%) COORDINADORES INIC. META ACT. AVCE.% INICIO META ACT. AVCE.% DAGOBERTO MIRANDA 882308921010.009732305998525320.74 ARTURO ALVARADO780227961621.828711392914943827.93 JUAN J. GUZMAN60523600-5-6.525887179600812116.90 OSCAR ABEL CRUZ532205451319.504987273516417716.21 ALFREDO ROSA3861738600.003870146404317329.62 JORGE GALINDO6911769100.0068531846775-78-10.60 MARCIAL CARBAJAL48815494612.004765165498321833.03 RICARDO LOPEZ420184331321.674561133472916831.58 GERARDO CAMPOS50518504-1.675037221523019321.83 TOTALES52891805341528.754403199856066166320.8

14. DISTRICT POSITIONED ACCORDING TO PROGRESS (1 ST QUARTER 2000) CHILDREN ATTENDANCE (5%) CONVERSIONS(5%) BEGGOALACT.GROW%GOALACT.% 10281360106763955.493655837.99 899235092933014.304723233.42 622917964952667.431841123.04 4322255484652410.2712124510.12 3238126364440616.111541063.44 5604165597136711.122002626.55 460216348302286.992611713.28 3695132400330811.6711125911.67 558623058242385.172112596.14 5254919605558230337.7207923205.6

15. DISTRICT POSITIONED ACCORDING TO PROGRESS (1 ST QUARTER 2000) VISIT. PROG.(15%) BAPTISM IN WATER.(20%) GOALACTUAL%GOALACTUAL%TOTAL 21027919.9314918324.5688.70 47239212.4620016516.5086.43 184947.6616400.0028.51 11511014.351056011.4381.88 121607.44988316.9473.55 2001339.981187212.2029.25 147969.801016212.2877.37 106699.76757319.47105.81 9512419.587212735.2886.33 1650135712.3108282515.270.38

16. DISTRICT POSITIONED ACCORDING TO PROGRESS (1 ST QUARTER 2000) PLACE.DISTRICTPOINTS 18105.81 2188.70 3286.43 4986.33 5481.88 6777.37 7573.55 8629.25 9328.51

17. THE 2003 GOAL OF THE ELIM CHURCH

18. SOME USE VISIBLE BANNERS

19. The Specific Goal How many new cells by the end of the year

20. The Weekly Cell Reports Help Maintain the Cell Quality

21. WHAT KIND OF GOALS? THE GOAL OF NEW LEADERSHIP is the best OVER-ARCHING goal. This translates into NEW CELL GROUPS This automatically includes –Baptisms –Conversions –People in Training THE GOAL OF NEW LEADERSHIP is the best OVER-ARCHING goal. This translates into NEW CELL GROUPS This automatically includes –Baptisms –Conversions –People in Training

22. THE NEED FOR BALANCE in GOAL-SETTING Not too high (danger of burn- out and low-quality cells). Not too low (no challenge).(no challenge). REFLECTION: SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH GOAL SETTING THUS FAR IN YOUR CHURCH. HOW CAN ELIM’S EXAMPLE OF GOAL SETTING APPLY TO YOUR SITUATION

23. WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THE JOB DONE Two Separate Meetings Developing the Core(p. 96) Purpose of the Planning Meeting (p.97) Order of the Planning Meeting (P. 98)

24. Planning to Evangelize Each week, the cell nucleus meets together to plan their evangelism strategy for their Saturday night gathering. Jaime Cea said, “The weekly planning meeting is essential for cell evangelism. We plan on how to reach out in the neighborhood and develop friendships. We then talk about who we’re going to invite. Then we assign each cell member the responsibility of inviting certain people. Each person has an evangelism job during the week in preparation for the cell group.” We make and strengthen friendships with non-believers with the goal of serving them.” them.” REFLECT: SHARE WHAT YOU’VE DONE THUS FAR TO PLAN FOR EVANGELISM. IS THE ELIM EXAMPLE RELEVANT TO YOUR CHURCH? HOW?

25. OTHER DETAILS No Closures (p. 99) Cell Format (p. 101) Study Guides Effective Children’s Ministry (p. 102)

26. CARING FOR THE SOLDIERS Competent Care Structure Development of the Cell Structure Cell Administration The Role of the Supervisor (p. 109) The Role of the Zone Pastor (p. 110) The Role of the District Pastor (p. 114) Elders and Deacons at Elim (p. 116) Caring for the Senior Leaders Passionate Involvement

27. PREPARING LEADERS FOR BATTLE What it Takes to Be a Cell Leader at Elim (p. 120) Four-week Training Course (p. 121) Dependence on the Weekly Huddle Further Study and Training

28. SPREADING THE ORGANIZATIONAL NET A Well-Run Organization How Statistics are Collected (p.126) Cell Offices Bus Ministry Finding Workers Offerings in Cell Groups (p. 129) Social Action Reaching for the Highest

29. We shape our buildings and then our buildings shape us. - Winston Churchill

30. Typical Cell Ministry Office ZP Scrt. DP Chairs VCR Storage Charts Ministry Open Area for Training

31. THE OFFICES OF ELIM (in the sanctuary)

32. Cell Offices at Little Falls Christian Center

33. CELEBRATION WITH A VISION Order of Worship (p. 134) Altar Call During Celebration Huge Rallies PASSION and MORE PASSION

34. ELIM: YEARLY CELEBRATION (150,000 persons, 5 stadiums, 2,000 converts, 3,000 buses)

35. ELIM: 600 RENTED BUSES EACH WEEK ( 35,000 PEOPLE ATTENDING EACH SUNDAY )

36. FINAL REFLECTION GROUPS OF THREE SHARE ONE OR TWO LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS WORKSHOP AND HOW YOU PLAN ON APPLYING THOSE LESSONS IN YOUR CHURCH