Articles for Small Group Leaders

Small group outreach is essential to the health of your church. Here's a 3-step plan for how to mobilize your small groups for the mission.

If the goal is transformation through connection and spiritual formation, your small group relevance will increase naturally.

Is it really possible to measure discipleship? Granted, it’s still going to be subjective, as is this post, but I believe the Bible gives us clear indications someone has been discipled.

Whether they are new to the church, new to faith, or just exploring spiritual community for the first time, their first experience as a small group visitor can determine whether they choose to return or quietly drift away.

Much of our praying is focused only on ourselves. We need to learn to pray outwardly.

No small group ministry is immune to obstacles. Whether your church is launching new groups or maintaining long-standing ones, you’ve likely encountered small group ministry challenges.

Small group engagement grows out of the leader’s faithfulness and the group’s shared sense of purpose. When people feel connected to one another, challenged in their faith, and valued in their contributions, they will keep coming back

My role is to make sure everyone in the group is participating and becoming a disciple in the process. Cell group lessons must support this goal.