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: Share roles w/ everyone #ownership #involvement #spirtualgifts pic.twitter.com/RFbeXNkzBi...
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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...
Ministry Leaders
Top 10 Small Group Ministry Launch Failures
In my ministry over the years I've seen many blunders as churches launch small groups. I've made my own share as well. Later, people in the congregation say stuff like, “See, small groups didn't work here,” but that wasn't really...
Small Group Leaders
How Your Small Group Can (Must) Partner with God
"God's work is accomplished by a combination of human and divine effort, said one of my seminary professors, Dr. Joe Ellis. "We cannot do it without Him; He has ordained not to do it without us. We depend on each...
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
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...
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Small Group Lessons from Chick-fil-A: Focus on Better Before Bigger … and 4 Big Payoffs
"If we get better, our customers will demand we get bigger." -S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-ABack in the 1980s, when Boston Chicken, which later changed its name to Boston Market, was raising capital to expand, Chick-fil-A management discussed how...
Small Group Leaders
Are You Making Plans and Setting Goals? Should You?
Today: Proverbs 16 Right now, many small groups are making plans for the fall season. So are families as their kids are going back to school. One of the vital signs of a healthy small group is that it proactively...
Ministry Leaders, Small Group Leaders
What to Do When Ministry Feels Like It’s Failing – Part 3: Redefine Success
This is the third and last planned post in this three-day series. I introduced the series in Part 1 and talked about the first reason we face failure and what to do about it in Part 2. Today, let's tackle...
Ministry Leaders, Small Group Leaders
What to Do When Your Ministry Feels Like a Failure – Part 1
What do you do when you don't see any fruit in your ministry? We all face this from time to time. You could be leading a small group, ministry, church, family, or whatever, or perhaps you're simply trying to lead...