1. The Church is a family.

2. Each member has special interests, needs and concerns.

3. Each Life Cell is best equipped to reach and disciple others like themselves.

This means that men are best equipped to reach out and disciple men, women best reach women, and so on.

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands (Revelation 7:9)

We see aspects of culture redeemed and glorified in heaven! But these distinctions are not barriers between people. Rather, they form the diversity that enhances the unity. We are the richer together when we receive one another and the diversity that brings.

We are one body, one family and one church. But our unity does not mean we always must do the same thing, at the same time, in the same way in the same place!

Homogeneous groups allow people to learn and grow in the company of like-minded people who have the same needs, face the same challenges and share the same interests, identity and language. The gospel (evangelism and discipleship) travels fastest along these kinship or homogeneous lines.

We know this principle very well from the youth ministry. Young people have special interests that enable them to identify with one another. Their music, their style and their mind set all relate to their time of life. We can best address their questions, pressures, and temptations in the context of youth ministry.