Articles for Small Group Leaders

Creative and Spirit-Empowered Small Group Outreach

4 different ideas to help your small groups get out and evangelize in the community.

You Can’t Get More Time, but You Can Expand Your Capacity

How many times have you gotten to the end of the day, or the week, or maybe just Monday morning, and said, “If I just had more time, I’d…”

The Power of Food and Community Formation

Sin entered the world through the eating of fruit. And since that time God has used food as a means to redeem his people (the Passover, the Lord’s Supper and finally the Wedding Banquet of the Lamb).

What Did You Learn From Your Parents?

My parents taught me to be kind to everyone, and to have empathy and compassion.

3 Breakthrough Ideas From the Global Small Group Movement

Here are three quick ideas from worldwide small group huddles that your small group ministry can take advantage of today.

10 Things Small Group Leaders NEED to KNOW

Randall Neighbour offers ten points to strengthen your small group leadership, valuable insights small group leaders need to know.

One Simple Idea — Promote Small Groups in Your Worship Service

From the platform give a one-minute (or less!) vision talk to promote small groups and then ask those standing (i.e., small group attendees) to meet and greet someone nearby who is still seated (i.e., potential small group attendees!).

3 Trademarks of a Growing, Healthy Friendship

If I had to summarize Ephesians 4, this is what I would say: The highest joys of friendship grow in the soil of the deepest struggles.