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Cell Group Movement (Introduction)
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2008-03-27 00:38:34, 조회 : 2,350 |
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Cell Group Movement (Introduction)
Cell Group Movement
As mentioned in the previous section, historical perspectives on the small groups, in fact, the small group movement has begun since the Creation and the early Christianity, but it may be best thing that has happened to the church since the Reformation (Becker 1993a, 11). In small groups Christians have meeting together for nearly thousand years since Jesus Christ brought together a small group of twelve men.
After Jesus' Ascension small groups begun to rise around Jerusalem, Judea (Acts 1:12-26; 2:1-41; 2:42-47; 4:23-37 etc.). The early Christian church began in people's homes, the first small group of which gathered in the upperoom (Acts 1:13). In a sense these gorups were home cell groups.
After the Reformation, in particular, the Anabaptist, Wesleyan, and Pentecostal movements began in small/cell groups (Becker 1993a, 11).
Today the small groups have spread out over even the secular world as well as the Christianiy. The expansion of Christianity in South America, Africa, and Asia is largely due to small groups (Becker 1993a, 11).
Small groups are key to the new life being experienced in many American churches (Becker 1993a, 11). Nevertheless this small group movement, some critics have insisted, is limited to be effective on the special country contexts.
In other words, some critics are skeptical about the cell group strategy working in Western culture, and they argue that the cell group success in Korea is due to factors unique to a regimented Asian society (Morris 1993, 151). But this is not true because many cell/small group movements in the whole world, have been succeeding regardless Eastern and Western.
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