Small Group Leaders

Churches CAN launch more small groups fast enough to keep up with the demand for discipleship, if they change up how they are launching more small groups. Here are 7 things I’ve discovered over the last 15 years in working with over 1,500 churches across North America.

With low attendance numbers dragging on into the third year since COVID began, the leadership deficit in most churches is bigger than it’s ever been. But small groups are a great catalyst for growing leaders.

Why would small group leaders feel lonely? This isn’t the loneliness as a person. This is the loneliness of the leader.

Let's go through some common questions on infrastructure to help us make “infrastructure” a strategic word instead of a task word.

Before you take a step, pray! Then pause and listen for God’s direction for a healthy small group ministry.

I always thought that discipleship should immediately follow someone’s coming to Christ. In other words, I thought that discipleship followed evangelism. But I was wrong.

These small group questions can be used for any Bible passage—kind of like an already-prepared-meal. Simply read this week’s Bible passage and ask these ten questions.

We should quit telling people to study the Bible, and start telling them to meditate on the Bible and delight in it.