i think what makes cell groups work is obviously not the programme or agenda that underlines their format, but the people leading them. some small groups work where others fail, and vice versa.. when people start seeing cell groups as churches and viewing them with an equal amount of importance as their sunday morning service, then they will start to "work" with increasing frequency. though the very usage of a word "work" seems rather failing since it implies the agenda which underlines the group. the purpose of a small group is literally to love one another and meet each other's needs while also sharing in each other's struggles.. everything in america is compartmentalized and until that is broken by people merely being themselves and realizing that even watching a television programme together is spiritual, cell groups will fail because they are fueled by the wrong motives..