When a Same-Sex Married Couple Attends Your Small Group
"Spend significant time in your group meeting seeking God on how you should respond to same-sex couples who want to join your group."
Online Small Group Discussion Template
An online small group meeting is a different experience compared to a face-to-face small group meeting. Thanks to technology innovations, people can still meet despite limitations with time and space, but it should not be approached exactly the same as an in-person group meeting.
The Single Most Important Thing in Leading a Small Group
What is the single most important thing in leading a small group? Joel Comiskey and I recently surveyed over 1,800 small group leaders from around the world to discover what makes small groups grow.
Help! My Small Groups Are Tired of Zoom Meetings!
If you’re like most pastors, your small groups are tired of Zoom meetings. If people are working remotely, they are in a series of Zoom meetings all day long. As Nona Jones said, “The problem is that even though the meetings are different the experience is the same.” Zoom Fatigue is real.
7 Christmas Fellowship Ideas by Zoom
We’ll miss being with our families, but we’re grateful for the opportunities Zoom presents. In fact, here are some Christmas fellowship Zoom ideas we might not have considered otherwise—even if we simply record a Zoom greeting and send folks a link as a “video Christmas card”
When Your Groups Are Divided Over COVID
This is a complex time filled with believers and non-believers. Some believe that COVID is a deadly pandemic and that every precaution must be taken. Others believe that the COVID is completely made up to control people.
4 Dimensions of Jesus’ Personal Growth
"Personal growth in the hidden years is what God uses to prepare you for the public years."
10 Ways to Ignite Fervent Prayer in Your Small Group
Praying in a small group can be intimidating for those who haven’t done it before. You’d be surprised how many people are not used to praying out loud with other people around them listening in.
3 Ways to Help Small Groups Bounce Back From COVID-19
It’s no secret that COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on Sunday School and small group attendance.
Some Great Church Experiments in 2020
If you’ve been waiting to start something new, 2020 is a great year for some church experiments. Some might say that 2020 is an experiment gone wrong, but with life so some completely disrupted, you should embrace this as an opportunity to launch new things or end things that need to go away.
The Essential Small Church (7 Reasons We’re Needed)
Churches of all sizes have an important role to play. But small churches often get fewer resources and less attention than our large church counterparts, so it’s important to be reminded why small churches are just as vital to the body of Christ as big churches are.
7 Questions to Find the Purpose of Small Groups
There are lots of great resources out there for why small groups are important and why you need to be in one. Your church’s purpose for small groups is great place to start.
5 Tips to Facilitating an Effective Small Group Discussion
Small group discussion is so important, and really is the place where the Word can be applied as much as any other time. Generating discussion is tough for leaders, but is extremely important to having an effective small group discussion.
2020 – Your Year of Opportunity?
Don’t waste the opportunity of 2020. Don’t sit around waiting for things to get back to normal. Normal is gone. Normal isn’t coming back. Embrace the disruption of 2020. The field is plowed. It’s time to plant.
8 Practices to Help Small Group Newcomers Feel Like They Belong
There are things that you can do as the small group leader to help ease any tension newcomers may be feeling and help them feel more ‘at home’ whether your group meets in-person or online.
The 59 ‘One Another’ Statements in the Bible
There are 59 “ one another ” statements in the New Testament. That’s right, 59. That’s just under 60 exhortations in Scripture to actually “do” something toward another person.
7 Ways to Keep Politics From Blowing Up Your Small Group
How can you lead and teach your group, guide them well, and manage the political conversations you know are going to come up between now and the next presidential election?
Glossophobia, Groups, and Ground Rules
our group Bible study should be a place of safety for all, so here are some guidelines that might help you serve the people in your group who struggle with glossophobia.
When Someone in Your Small Group Loses a Loved One
Death is not a fun topic, it is always unwelcome, even if it is expected, even if the person is better off, no one wants to experience the death of a loved one.
5 Signs You’re a Leader Who Talks Too Much
Unfortunately, leaders can talk too much, not necessarily by monopolizing conversations, but by giving too many answers. So, how do you know if you are a leader who talks too much and what can we do to stop?
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