This was something I was was pondering when I wrote that post about combining cMOOCs with xMOOCs. The cell model I touched on had another dimension where they had finding and integrating new members as part of their DNA. They would intentionally find new community members so they could multiple groups. I just decided not to touch on that because that was their form of evangelism and with George Siemens talking about forming his own church… 🙂

But, one way to fight that hardness that comes with certain communities is to recruit new members and form new groups that mix older and newer. And then repeat that process on a regular basis. That’s probably why so many religious groups are growing – they preach pulling in new members as part of the core of who they are. We already have Rev. Groom, so what the hell right?