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KICC Blossom leaders usually approach the task of discipleship in the home group through a combination of one-on-one mentoring, and small, same-sexed study groups called "cell groups" or men's' or women's' study groups. KICC cell groups are different than cell groups in other churches. In most churches, cell groups are the basic home-based group in the church. But in KICC, the main home group is the home church, and cell groups are smaller, single-sexed groups. This pattern is similar to that used in the early Wesleyan movement, where they held societies, classes, and bands. The bands were single-gender small groups for discipleship.
Cell groups serve a combined role of friendship building, mutual support and training, or discipleship. For all these roles, the groups need to be small. Three to eight people is best, although some are getting good results with larger groups, especially when practicing team leadership. Student cells are commonly larger than adult cells.
We believe we can maximize the effectiveness of discipleship through cell groups. The members of a cell group usually disciple one another, resulting in group, or community, discipleship. This brings in dynamics not found in traditional one-on-one discipleship. Leaders and older believers can engage in one-on-one discipleship with key members of their cell groups at the same time, resulting in more complete discipleship.
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