Our church is using a book by Larry Osborne, "Sticky Chirch", as it's basic small group format. Larry does suggest the mentoring of new leaders, so there is some splitting in a sense. But he also has a chapter in his book on why the grow and split model does not work (in North America) well. I highly recommend his book. He hits the nail on the head with so many issues I wasn't sure about.
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Our church is using a book by Larry Osborne, "Sticky Chirch", as it's basic small group format. Larry does suggest the mentoring of new leaders, so there is some splitting in a sense. But he also has a chapter in his book on why the grow and split model does not work (in North America) well. I highly recommend his book. He hits the nail on the head with so many issues I wasn't sure about.