Art Credit: www.deviantART.com Jesus' small group was a mess. It was often dysfunctional. Except for its leader, this leadership training group seemed to lack any observable spiritual leadership potential. Within two pages in my Bible, Jesus had to ... rebuke...
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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...
Small Group Leaders
The Fool’s Gold of Group Discipleship: 6 Small Group Elements Easily Mistaken for the Real Thing
All that glitters is not discipleship. Christ-Centered, Holy-Spirit Empowered, Authentic, Missional Small Groups that Share Leadership are the environment where discipleship happens best, but I've witnessed far too often that many groups focus on the wrong wins. These are all...
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...
Small Group Leaders
Seven Steps to Share the Leadership of Your Group
I've written in other posts about the Vital Sign of Sharing Leadership with a Core Team of two or three others. Today let's talk about HOW you can move from leading solo to team-leading the group. Here are seven steps you can take....
Ministry Leaders, Small Group Leaders
How to Build a Group of Real Friends: Throw Away the Signup Sheets!
The healthiest small groups can be described as groups of real friends...friends who accept one another where they are, friends who are there for one another no matter what, no matter what time of day or night, friends who speak...
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...
Ministry Leaders
10 Tough Discipleship Questions Facing Every Small Group Minister
Yesterday, Rick Howerton posted what he believes are the "10 Discipleship Confusions Invading the Small Group World." Rick and I think a lot alike, and I believe he "nailed it" with his characterization of many of the current trends in...
Small Group Leaders
Two Rocket Boosters That Will Propel Your Small Group to Accomplish Christ’s Mission
I've found two boosters that, when either is utilized separately, develops more authentic community, spiritual growth, accountability, a deeper prayer life, leader development, and multiplication. But when these two are used together, they turbocharge your group for carrying out Christ's...
Small Group Leaders
Mannequin Small Groups
Yesterday I wrote about the difference between dead small groups and those that are fully alive. (Read it here.)But there is a third category, closely related to the first. Some small groups were never alive in the first place! My...