Articles for Small Group Leaders

What I Learned About Community From a Rural Church

A certain closeness to God was evident during my visit to this rural church. How did they create this culture? Did their rural setting have anything to do with it? Are they more purposeful about making time for God in their lives?

Small Group Craze vs. Biblical Community

In today's culture, name the group and you can join it—so how can we discover biblical community?

Simple Cell Church Planting

Fruitfulness on the cell level builds confidence for future church planting and allows the candidate to then make it happen.

Joel Comiskey: The Church Next Door

Joel Comiskey explains the advantages of getting outside your church building for the sake of your community. I live in sunny southern California, and I...

5 Next Steps for New Small Group Leaders

Stepping out to start a new group can be an intimidating and scary experience. New small group leaders: Here are five helpful steps to take next.

Don’t Make This Big Mistake in Dealing With Difficult People

Think of your small group ministry. Somewhere in that context are difficult people who bug you.

6 Keys to Effectively Marketing Small Groups

At the heart of it, marketing, especially church marketing, is about changing habits and replacing them with new ones. And that is very spiritual.

What You Need to Know About Suffering

You never just suffer the thing that you’re suffering, but you always also suffer the way that you’re suffering that thing.