Elim - Joel Comiskey

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Résumé :
Joel Comiskey is the founder and president of the Joel Comiskey Group, a resource and training ministry for the worldwide cell church movement. Actively engaged with the Church around the world, Joel has facilitated workshops on six continents. A prolific writer, he has authored numerous books and articles, many of which are available through his website. Joel also provides church and cell leaders with helpful free resources. In addition to facilitating workshops and creating resources, he serves as a coach to cell church leaders and as an adjunct professor at Simpson University and B.H. Carroll Theological Institute. Joel served as pastor in the USA (1984-89) and as a missionary in South America (1990-2001), where he was involved in pastoral ministry, church planting, and seminary teaching. After returning from Ecuador, he planted a church in the USA (2001-2008) and is now primarily involved in coaching pastors. In addition to his undergraduate qualifications, Joel holds an M.A. in professional studies and an M.Div. and Ph.D. in intercultural studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. He received the Donald McGavran Church Growth Award in recognition of his outstanding service as a missionary and contributor to the Church Growth Movement through diligent research and analysis of the contemporary cell church phenomenon. In addition to his focus on the cell church, Joel is also passionate about leadership, discipleship, missiology, and teaching others to write for publication. To find out more about Joel, his ministry, and his resources, visit his website and blog at http://www.joelcomiskeygroup.com/. Joel is married to Celyce and they have three daughters. They live in Moreno Valley, California....

Biographie:
Joel Comiskey is the founder and president of the Joel Comiskey Group, a resource and training ministry for the worldwide cell church movement. Actively engaged with the Church around the world, Joel has facilitated workshops on six continents. A prolific writer, he has authored numerous books and articles, many of which are available through his website. Joel also provides church and cell leaders with helpful free resources. In addition to facilitating workshops and creating resources, he serves as a coach to cell church leaders and as an adjunct professor at Simpson University and B.H. Carroll Theological Institute. Joel served as pastor in the USA (1984-89) and as a missionary in South America (1990-2001), where he was involved in pastoral ministry, church planting, and seminary teaching. After returning from Ecuador, he planted a church in the USA (2001-2008) and is now primarily involved in coaching pastors. In addition to his undergraduate qualifications, Joel holds an M.A. in professional studies and an M.Div. and Ph.D. in intercultural studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. He received the Donald McGavran Church Growth Award in recognition of his outstanding service as a missionary and contributor to the Church Growth Movement through diligent research and analysis of the contemporary cell church phenomenon. In addition to his focus on the cell church, Joel is also passionate about leadership, discipleship, missiology, and teaching others to write for publication. To find out more about Joel, his ministry, and his resources, visit his website and blog at http://www.joelcomiskeygroup.com/. Joel is married to Celyce and they have three daughters. They live in Moreno Valley, California.

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PREFACIO POR MARIO VEGA, PASTOR GENERAL ?Incre?ble! ?Incre?ble! ?Incre?ble! ?sta era la palabra que repet?a para m? mismo una y otra vez al leer por vez primera el borrador del libro La historia de Elim de Joel Comiskey. Lo narrado en el libro es tan fuera de lo com?n que al ponerme imaginariamente en la posici?n de una tercera persona imparcial lo rechazar?a por considerarlo exagerado y fuertemente inclinado a favor del modelo celular. El leer el libro de Joel me permiti? ubicarme en la perspectiva de quien ve a la iglesia Elim desde afuera y tal visi?n me llev? a repetir: ?Incre?ble! No podr?a este libro de La historia de Elim salir a circulaci?n mundial sin que haya de mi parte un agradecimiento profundo por las importantes ense?anzas que el Pastor Cho ha dado a la iglesia cristiana universal no solamente sobre el modelo eclesial en el Nuevo Testamento, que conduce al crecimiento ya conocido, sino tambi?n sobre la fe, la oraci?n, la dependencia del Esp?ritu Santo y la humildad. Dejo en sus manos esta historia de la iglesia Elim, muy bien elaborada por el Doctor Joel Comiskey, que probablemente usted la calificar? de incre?ble. Pero verdadera, se lo aseguro. Mario Vega, Pastor General Iglesia Elim...