Here are the Small Group Leader TIPS for the last week as Tweeted, posted on our Small Group Leadership Facebook page, and posted on LinkedIn. Small Group Leader TIP of the Day: In group #discussion, God always gets the...
Tag: discipleship
Ministry Leaders
12 Crowd-Sourced Ideas to Get More People Involved in Your Groups
I participate in a huddle of small group and discipleship ministers in the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana region that discussed how to get more people involved in disciple-making groups. Here are 12 of their ideas. Many of these work well in combination with...
Ministry Leaders
Should We Shake Up Small Groups?
I was recently asked this question via email from a church leader in Canada: There has been some question in the past at our church about how long a group should be together. A thought had been to "shake" things...
Ministry Leaders, Small Group Leaders
Are Small Groups Deceiving Themselves?
What are the purposes of vision and mission statements? Are they important? Should a small group have vision and mission statements? I'll answer those questions in a moment. But first I'd like to share a series of mission-related tweets I...
Small Group Leaders
7 Biblical Questions to Assess the Level of Your Group’s Community
How is your group doing at restoring biblical community? Use these 7 questions in your group to help you answer that question. Ask your members to assess your group using a 1–5 scale, 1 being “not at all” and 5...
TIPS
Small Group Leadership TIPS of the Week for June 20-24, 2016
Here are last week's Small Group Leader TIPS as Tweeted, posted on our Small Group Leadership Facebook page, and posted on LinkedIn. * * * * * * * Monday, 6/20: Often the best way to disciple ppl is...
TIPS
Small Group Leadership TIPS of the Week for June 13-17, 2016
Here are last week's Small Group Leader TIPS as Tweeted, posted on our Small Group Leadership Facebook page, and posted on LinkedIn. * * * * * * * Monday, 6/13: Pray as a grp this week for everyone...
TIPS
Small Group Leadership TIPS of the Week for June 6-10, 2016
Here are last week's Small Group Leader TIPS as Tweeted, posted on our Small Group Leadership Facebook page, and posted on LinkedIn. * * * * * * * Monday, 6/6: Encourage mbrs of your community to spend time in...
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Small Group Leaders
Jesus’ Leadership Order
Jesus started his church by calling a few normal, workaday guys to follow him, and then he made a remarkable statement. He told these unschooled, unspectacular, blue-collar guys that he’d turn them into leaders who would make an eternal difference...
External-Focus
10 Tips for Making Your Group Less Scary and More Welcoming to New People
You may not realize it, but visiting a small group for the first time can be intimidating. Here's are 10 ways to make it easier for a new person to fit in. The first time I attended a small group...