Articles for Small Group Leaders

The Need for Advanced Discipleship

Advanced discipleship training serves the most underserved people in the church: people who reach a midway point in their maturity but don’t get to “the other side.”

8 Practical Ways To Encourage Others in Your Small Group

We need people who speak hope and build confidence into our lives so that we can consistently live in a manner that’s worthy of the Gospel of Christ. This is why God commands us to encourage others and build each other up.

7 Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry

The consequences almost always affect unconnected people, group leaders and group members.

Disruptions of Community – Why Differences Destroy Some Small Groups

Here in America politics has caused disruption between and within communities. It reminds us that differences in opinions can grow into disruptions of community.

Why the Hardest Work Is Heart Work

Heart work—the work of developing yourself—is actually the hardest work you’ll ever do. And it’s also the most rewarding.

Connect With Your Small Group Via Energized Email

Your number one way of communicating with your small group leadership and members is through energized email.

How to Make Disciples in Small Groups

I’m determined to build a thriving small group ministry that makes disciples. I want to make disciples in small groups.

How To Overcome Obstacles to Prayer

Statistics say that 20% of church members never pray and the vast majority only do so occasionally. What obstacles to prayer do we face?