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. This week's TIPS focus on discipleship in small groups. Small Group Leader TIP of the...
Category: Discipling
Discipling, Ministry Leaders
Is Your Small Group (or Church) Ready to Go Underground?
What will happen to the church and to small groups if (or when) it becomes illegal for Christian ministers to publicly hold up biblical values? What if your testimony became "hate speech"? These are the questions Francis Chan addresses in...
Discipling, External-Focus
When Our Definition of Discipleship Keeps Us from Making Disciples
The church has redefined discipleship into churchmanship. Living as a disciple takes intentional effort and, according to Jesus, requires us to make costly decisions. It means more than just sitting in a row in a church building or in a circle...
Discipling, Small Group Leaders
How to Help Your Group Members Keep Growing and Growing
How do you help maturing disciples to keep growing? Both the Bible and developmental psychology show that a natural next step for many of them is to step out and lead others. 1. The Bible, especially in Hebrews 5:11—6:1, assumes...
Discipling, Training SG Leaders
Doctrinal Impurity in Small Groups
Today: Proverbs 14 As a "small groups guy," people often try to suck me into a debate about doctrinal impurity that may come about in a small group discussion. In a recent discussion on a Facebook forum, one leader said,...
Discipling
Are You Building Walls or People?
Are you being a good steward of your small group?I've written about this before in reference to how you are discipling and shepherding the group God has put under your care (1 Peter 5:2). That's vital to leading a healthy...
Discipling
Peter Pan and Adam Sandler Christians
I just need to be fed.I love hearing people say this when they are very young followers of Christ. Babies need someone to feed them. My role and responsibility as a mature follower of Christ in the church (and by that, I...
Discipling, Leader's Heart-Overflow
Solitude Before Discipleship?
I write this blog primarily for leaders. When I'm writing, I'm thinking about leaders and I try to speak to the hearts of leaders. So sometimes I might say something that can be misconstrued if read from a different perceptive...
Discipling, Leader's Heart-Overflow
Solitude Before Community
“Why is it so important that solitude come before community? If we do not know we are the beloved sons and daughters of God, we're going to expect someone in the community to make us feel that way. They cannot.”...
Discipling, SG Models/Structure
More Rethinking Our Small Group Model … Going Deeper
In Alan Danielson's blog post today, he discusses "the most overrated church comment." What is that comment? "I want to go deeper." I totally agree, and I'd add a second, related comment: "I need to be fed." I've heard both...