Churches all over the nation are recognizing a need to get small groups going in their congregations. As people sense a desire for deeper relationships within the body of Christ, interest in the movement is rising. But getting small groups started in a church and keeping the groups healthy are two completely different jobs.
As head of Touch Outreach Ministry, my job is to look at churches that have ...
How the 40 days of purpose led to an explosion of small groups at one church.
by Life Together
Tom Mullins, senior pastor of Christ Fellowship in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is a former football coach who uses colorful sports stories and analogies frequently in his teachings. Not one to be afraid of cutting edge ideas and strategies, Pastor Mullins and his team at Christ Fellowship recently implemented a new "game plan." And what a game plan it's proved to be.
Good endings can make for good beginnings in the future.
by Randall S. Brenton
Healthy closure of any group experience is extremely important. It can help group members process and define their experience and positively set the stage for a new group. On the other hand, poor group closure can lead to barriers for a member's future involvement with groups.
Poor group closure can occur for a variety of reasons, including:
1. Lack of casting a vision for launching a new group, which ...
Take the time to make a wise choice in what your group will study.
by Michael Mack
One question often heard in small groups is, "What are we going to study next?" Rather than sailing toward a destination, many small groups are like a sailboat at sea being "tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching" (Eph. 4:14). As you lead your group, these questions provide you with five principles for selecting the next study for your group:
This Bible Study Course can help you get renewing, biblical perspectives on caring for an aging or ill loved one.
Providing care for the elderly or disabled can be a lonely, all-consuming job. This three-session course will explore how we can honor our parents by showing them care, how caregiving can be a way to express God's love, and how to find joy in our caregiving responsibilities. We hope this study will give hope and encouragement to those who serve God in this way.
Build the confidence to share your faith and hope at work.
These compelling, in-depth Bible studies help you and your group see the urgency for sharing your hope in Jesus Christ in the workplace. The studies also offer tools for building the confidence to share that hope at work.
Session 1
Witnessing at Work A non-the-job strategy for winning souls
Session 2
Talking About Our Faith Unleashing words that fuel the soul
This six-session course shows how Christ's death and resurrection has changed the world.
The last week of Jesus' life—the Passion, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection—is recorded at the end of the Gospel of Matthew. The events in chapter 26 all take place on Saturday through Thursday. Chapter 27 takes place on what we call Good Friday. Chapter 28 chronicles Easter Sunday, the day of the Resurrection. This study will investigate the deity, majesty, and royalty of Jesus. We ...
There's no question that the word missional is generating a lot of buzz in ministry circles today. But do you really need to understand what it means? And can missional practices and principles really enhance your small-group ministry? The answer to both of those questions is yes. Whether studying the concept ...
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