Dr. Joel Comiskey
editJoel Comiskey (Ph.D. Fuller Seminary) is an internationally recognized cell church coach and consultant and founder of Joel Comiskey Group (www.joelcomiskeygroup.com ) He has written twenty-four books on the worldwide cell church movement. He has served as a missionary with the C&MA (Christian and Missionary Alliance) in Quito, Ecuador, started a cell-based church in Southern California, and now coaches pastors in cell group ministry. Comiskey also teaches as an adjunct professor at Simpson University.
Biography
editHe was born to Tom and Phyllis Comiskey on May 6, 1956 in Los Angeles, California. His early childhood days were spent in Long Beach, California, where both of his parents were teachers at Long Beach City College. He attended elementary school through high school in Long Beach.
He was transformed by Jesus Christ in 1973 at the age of seventeen. In 1986, he met his wife Celyce Hahn of Mariposa, California, and they were married in February 1988. In 1990 they left for missionary service in Ecuador, South America. In 2001 they returned for ministry in the United States and now live in Moreno Valley, California with their three daughters: Sarah, Nicole, and Chelsea.
Publications
edit• Home Cell Group Explosion: How Your Small Group Can Grow and Multiply(Touch Publications, 1998), 177 pp. (over 100,000 sold worldwide)
• Reap the Harvest: How a Small Group System Can Grow Your Church (Touch Publication, 1999), 236 pp.
• Groups of Twelve: A New Way to Mobilize Leaders and Multiply Groups in Your Church (Touch Publications, 1999), 182 pp.
• Home Cell Group Explosion Study Guide (Touch Publications, 1999), 35 pp.
• Leadership Explosion: Multiplying Cell Group Leaders to Reap the Harvest (Touch Publications, 2000), 202 pp.
• How to Lead a Great Cell Group Meeting: So People Want to Come Back(Touch Publications, 2001), 140 pp.
• An Appointment with the King: Ideas for Jump-Starting Your Devotional Life(Chosen Publications, 2002), 175 pp.
• From Twelve to Three: How to Apply G12 Principles in Your Church (Touch Publications, 2002), 178 pp.
• How to be a Great Cell Group Coach (Touch Publications, 2003), 139 pp.
• Making Cell Groups Work Navigation Guide (Touch Publications, 2003), 600 pp. Joel Comiskey has an entire book within this 600 page work. There are also four additional authors.
• Passion and Persistence: How the Elim Church's Cell Groups Penetrated an Entire City for Jesus (Touch Publications, 2004), 160 pp.
• La Explosión de la Iglesia Celular: Cómo Estructurar la Iglesia en Células Eficaces (Editorial CLIE, 2004), 158 PP. Only available in Spanish.
• Cell Church Solutions: Transforming the Church in North America (CCS Publishing, 2005), 176 pp. New Edition with new title: The Church that Multiplies: Growing a Healthy Cell Church in North America (CCS Publishing, 2007), 181 pp.
• The Spirit Filled Small Group: Leading Your Group to Experience the Spiritual Gifts (Chosen Books, 2005, CCS Publishing, 2009), 191 pp.
• Live: Experience Christ’s Life (CCS Publishing, 2007), 85 pp.
• Encounter: Receive Christ’s Freedom (CCS Publishing, 2007), 90 pp.
• Grow: Deepen Your Relationship with Christ (CCS Publishing, 2007), 87 pp.
• Share: Make Christ Real to Others (CCS Publishing, 2007), 90 pp.
• Lead: Guide a Small Group to Experience Christ (CCS Publishing, 2007), 91 pp.
• Coach: Empower Others to Effectively Lead a Small Group (CCS Publishing, 2008), 91pp.
• Discover: Use Your Gifts and Help Others Find Theirs (CCS Publishing, 2008), 96 pp.
• Planting Churches that Reproduce: Starting a Network of Simple Churches(CCS Publishing), 195 pp.
• The Relational Disciple: How God Uses Community to Shape Followers of Jesus (CCS Publishing), 159 pp.
• You Can Coach: How to Help Leaders Build Healthy Churches through Coaching (CCS Publishing), 154 pp. [three authors]
• Myths and Truths of the Cell Church: Key Principles that Make or Break Cell Ministry (CCS Publishing), 204 pp.