What should a church or small group pastor do when they discover that a small group leader is not spending time daily with God--assuming this is an ongoing issue? Yes, there are times that most of us have gone through the desert,...
Tag: For Leaders of Leaders
Leader's Heart-Overflow
The Brazil Cell-Church Conference: What I Learned … #3 – Burnout Is Universal
Robert Lay, holding up my book, The Pocket Guide to Burnout-Free Small Group Leadership, translated into Portuguese Brazilian leaders deal with burnout. When I was first asked to speak on the topic of leader burnout in Brazil, I was surprised....
Small Group Leaders
The Brazil Cell-Church Conference: What I Learned … #2: Community Is Not All It Should Be (even in Brazil)
It's been a couple weeks since returning from my trip to Brazil, training cell pastors and leaders at two conferences. Yesterday, I shared the first of some of my discoveries from my trip: Community Is a Way of Life in...
Ministry Leaders, Small Group Leaders
The Brazil Cell-Church Conference: What I Learned … #1: Community Is a Way of Life for Brazilians
In March, my son Dru and I traveled to Brazil where I had the privilege of training cell-church pastors, coaches, and leaders at two conferences. The first three days I led five sessions in Manaus, which is in the north...
Small Group Leaders
10 Stupid Things That Are Keeping Your Small Group from Growing
Geoff Surratt, director of Exponential, wrote a book titled Ten Stupid Things That Keep Churches from Growing. Great title, so I, ummm, borrowed it. Here are what I believe are the top 10 stupid things that prevent groups from growing...
SG Movement/History
Ralph W. Neighbour: What We Can Learn from this Pioneer in the Groups Movement
+Ralph Neighbour is one of the pioneers of the groups movement in the U.S. I believe we can learn much from men and women like him who paved the way for us. Dr. Neighbour has a heart not only for healthy,...
Ministry Leaders
Why Many American Small Groups (and Churches) Fail to Reproduce (Commitment and Small Groups Series #11)
Why don't very many small groups in America reproduce themselves? I'll mention three main reasons, and discuss the third in a bit more detail today. One reason I've mentioned often is that many groups simply are not healthy. Healthy things...
Small Group Leaders
The Missing Ingredient in American Churches and Groups (Commitment and Small Groups Series #9)
"If you make disciples, you will always get the church. But if you try to build the church, you will rarely get disciples." -Mike Breen, "Why the Missional Movement Will Fail" Breen makes some great points in his post I...
Small Group Leaders
Committed to WHAT? 3 Commitments of a Healthy, Life-Changing Small Group (Commitment and Small Groups Series #5)
If you could ask Jesus’ original disciples to describe discipleship, they would talk about someone who was totally committed to a particular rabbi. Usually, disciples literally lived with their rabbi and followed him everywhere he went. Communal living was absolutely...
Small Group Leaders
Commitment and Small Groups #3: How can you help small group members become committed to the small group?
How can you help small group members become committed to the small group? That's the question Blake Atwood of Faith Village recently asked me. Here's my response.What do you think of this? What questions or issues do you find still...