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Small Group Ministries are like gardens, they need a “gardener” to provide on-going care and attention. The Small Group Leadership Teams acts as “gardener” by filling the following essential roles.
Developing a small group plan is essential as you begin your ministry, or as you revise it along the way. Here are three simple questions to help you get started.
As a small group leader, how will you plan your calendar to grow your group members? Download the sample calendar for more information.
Most people who have been around a church for a while have a pretty good idea about what a small group is. Or do they? The following definition may give new understanding to the term “small group.”
Did you know that outreach has a way of actually turning small groups inside out? This article will present how missions benefits small groups and how small groups can reach out together.
Sometimes small groups or individuals might feel like they are "lonely little petunias in an onion patch". This longing may be the Holy Spirit’s nudging to shape small groups that exist not merely for the sake of experiencing community, but for the sake of participating in God’s redemptive plan.
If we want to develop ways of relating in groups that results in mission, then we as pastors must look at what we are emphasizing. Let me simply list five points.
This exercise can be an effective tool for beginning or revitalizing your Small Group Ministry.
An interview with Alan Hirsch about his book The Forgotten Ways.
There are five essential habits practiced by effective coaches of group leaders. I use an acrostic: C.O.A.C.H. and put it around a star to make them more easy to remember.
Are you a small group leader? Here are three types of questions NOT to ask and some tricks to creating a discussion friendly environment.
Consider these suggestions before you recruit small group leaders.
After years of struggling to revive small group ministries at our church, Sermon-Based Small groups have provided a spark of new life!
However coaching is done, the most important thing it that it IS done for the sake developing healthy leaders and small groups. Here are a couple of proven conversational coaching methods.
As the Small Group Point Person, it is your job to equip your Small Group Leaders to deal with group members who present special challenges. If not handled properly, an “E.G.R” (Extra Grace Required) can destroy the health (and attendance!) of a small group.
"Our small group just doesn’t have the energy it used to.” Maybe you’ve had this conversation with a leader. Maybe you’ve had a group yourself and wondered why it seemed stuck. Most of us have been there. What to do?
Churches who have regular evaluation of staff and ministries are far more effective than those churches that don't evaluate. So if you want your small groups to be more effective as well as their leaders, evaluation is a must.
In churches around the globe, a variety of shifts are occurring that are shaping the future of small groups. These shifts are next steps designed to meet the same goal of the community.
It's the fall again when ministries tend to kick off. Here are some things to think about whether you are a member, leader or coordinator of small groups. I thought it would be valuable to recycle this article.
We all want to see our small groups grow and thrive. Here are some key ingredients to tap into and increase your small group potential.
If you're in charge of small groups at your church I believe you will find this helpful. I've had to learn these skills the hard way and they do work, believe me.
If a marriage is a gift from God then why are so many falling apart in the church?
If you read my review of Launching Missional Communities or my 5 part interview with Mike Breen, you know that if anyone has a handle on making disciples in the post-Christian culture of the west, it is Breen and the folks from 3DM.
How does an effective group agreement look like and why do we need it?