11 Great Online Sources for Small Group Curriculum
Where can we find good small group Bible studies? What small group curriculum should our groups study? These are questions I frequently get asked at small group workshops and in conversations with pastors.
How to Beat Small Group Burnout
You can avoid burnout in ministry, but you need to start now.
6 Things Guaranteed to Make Your Small Group Feel Awkward (and How to Avoid...
We’ve all been to them: awkward small groups. For one reason or another, something wasn’t clicking.
11 Ways to Value Children and Small Groups
Children are a blessing from God, not a deal-breaker for your own spiritual formation.
How to Develop the Habits of Discipleship
11 ways to form spiritual growth habits that WORK.
7 Tips for Leading Worship in Small Groups
The goal of group singing is connection: connection with God and each other.
Engage Your Small Group in ANY Bible Passage: 4 Powerful Questions
Helping your small group respond to God as you dig into the Bible together is largely a matter of asking the right questions.
4 Keys to Connecting People No One Else Can
"To connect people no one else is connecting, we must do things no one else is doing."
Accountability That Works
Some accountability comes across as coaching and encouraging; other efforts at accountability seem condescending and defeating.
The 10 Commandments of Christian Leadership Development
Ten imperatives for Christian leadership.
Must Haves for New Small Group Leaders
Essential building blocks for a successful small group ministry.
8 Rules for Avoiding Small Group Leader Burnout
Dodge the burnout ball and stay in the game.
12 Tips for a Successful Campaign
You'll want to read these top tips from small group guru Steve Gladen as you prepare for your fall churchwide campaign.
5 Key Steps to a Disciplemaking System in Your Church
Jesus commanded us to make disciples. Jesus has given us His Spirit to empower us to do it. He has given us His authority to accomplish it.
Milestones for Small Groups: How to Measure Spiritual Growth
Having trouble measuring spiritual growth? Here's a practical list to help you assess the discipleship happening in your small group ministry.
Small Groups for the Homeless: Could Your Church Do Them?
What would it look like to minister to the homeless through small groups?
Making the Most of a “Teachable Moment”: 7 Steps
Mike Mack helps you leverage a "golden opportunity" to develop a staff or volunteer leader.
Post-Easter: 3 Steps to Launch New Groups (and 5 Great Studies for New People)
After Easter 2015, there will still plenty of spring left before summer, and it makes sense to launch another wave of small groups.
7 Questions to Help Develop Strengths, Not Weaknesses
People can fire off a list of their weaknesses, no problem, but ask them for their strengths and they hesitate.
4 Ways to Grow Your Small Group
Jim Egli gives his views on new research providing helpful tips on what drives small group growth.
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This Is Hate Speech? Church Rally for Biblical Marriage Includes Proud...
They said it was hate speech. But if this is hate speech, then what can Christians say? Check out what people at the rally sponsored by Rivers of Living Water United Pentecostal Church in Sandy, Oregon, on March 20, 2021, had to say.
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Juli Slattery: This Is How the Church Can Begin the LGBTQ...
“When you realize this biblical narrative of sexuality," says Dr. Juli Slattery, "you realize we all fall short.”
