Small Group Leaders

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.

As the last holdouts are planning to reduce their pandemic restrictions, it’s time to put COVID behind us and move forward as a church. But moving forward is not the same as returning to life as it was in 2019.

We need "full-brained" small groups that create healthy rhythms of discipleship. Here's how to tell if your small groups are engaging every aspect of who your people are.

What does it mean to learn? Is it merely an acquisition of more facts? Or is it taking those facts and putting them into practice? Meetings are not the only place for groups to learn. Often lessons are better when learning by doing.

The God of the Bible is deadly serious about the work of getting along - with both others and how to get along with God.

This is THE question for small group point people, isn’t it? If you don’t have a leader, well, you don’t have a group. Here are some “creative” ways to recruit leaders.

Through discussion with our staff team, we’ve chosen F.I.T. (faithful, intentional, teachable) as our criteria, because it reflects our desire to develop spiritually FIT disciples who will reproduce in the lives of others.

It is vital to remember that God is speaking to everyone in our small groups, and that sometimes with everything else we focus on as leaders, we may be the last to notice.