(A) Possible
Problems:
1. Leadership Struggle: Who should be under who ?
2. Turning the fellowship to party-meetings.
3. Staying for a long time . .
4. Borrowing without repaying due to over-familiarity
5. Temptation of using offering money by Leaders
6. Temptation of cell leaders using their pastoral
roles to Usurp authority and cause divisions.
7. A chance for carnal believers to establish
undue relationship (in the name of visitation) with opposite sex.
8. Leaders of a group of family cells may
form bad cliques.
(B) Possible
Solutions:
1. Leadership
Struggles: Every Pastor should be personally convinced of the leading of
the Holy Spirit in his appointments.The Assistant fellowship leader
automatically becomes a cell Leader immediately there is cell division.
2. Turning the fellowship to
party meetings: Warning
the participants before
hand against it and where possible place a restriction or limit on what could
be offered and accepted.
3. Staying
for a long time: The operational
format should be used as
4. Borrowing without Repaying: The
Pastor should be prepared to handle this case as they arise or make policy
statement to this effect when the time demands such.
5. Temptation
of Using Offering Money by leaders: To avoid this, the Pastor should
appoint a registrar and treasurer for each cell group immediately such group
becomes functional.
6. Temptation
Usurp Authority: The Pastor should re-consider the qualities of good cell
leaders listed in 2:1a-f above in appointing Cell Leaders.
7. For problem seven and eight above, the Pastor is well able to solve. them if problems
1-6 could be well handled.
Conclusion: There is no pigeon-holed blue print in
the things of God. The Holy Spirit is our perfect teacher. Be in tune with him.