Scott Boren

M. Scott Boren is a Teaching Pastor at Woodland Hills Church in Saint Paul, MN and consultant who partners with The Missional Network (www.themissionalnetwork.com). He has written and co-written eight books, including Introducing the Missional Church, Missional Small Groups and MissioRelate. He share life with his bride, Shawna, and their four children, all under the age of eight. He can be reached at his website: www.mscottboren.com.

Why Church Small Groups Don’t Work

We need to have something that helps us discern the elements of truth that these small group obituaries contain and try to understand why church small groups don’t work.

How the Holy Spirit Speaks Through the Entire Group

When considering how the Holy Spirit speaks, it is quite clear that the Holy Spirit worked through the early church with spiritual gifts.

Jesus Community: The Goal of Every Church and Small Group

Jesus created community that stood in contrast to the popular versions of community at the time. Often our small group visions fall short of Jesus community in similar ways.

Christian Community: Theology, not a Pragmatic Structure

I live in two worlds. On the one hand, I read theologians who ask big sweeping questions about God, what God is doing in...

Does Your Small Group Ask the BIG Questions?

How do we guide people into honest self-discovery?

Knowing God—What Kind of Knowing?

“...the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord...” —Philippians 3:8

Is the Church the Hope of the World?

I get concerned about how we are more concerned about doing "the mission" than we are about learning how to encounter God.

The Role of Small Groups in Church History

Scott Boren contextualizes the development of small groups throughout four eras of the church and what it means for present-day ministry.

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