Small Group Leaders How To's
How Not to Be Discouraged With Church People
If disappointment is inevitable, how do we avoid the awful emotional turmoil that often follows when dealing with church people? One word: expectations.
Dealing With Needy People in Your Group
Neediness becomes a problem to address when it manifests in unhealthy ways.
11 Great Online Small Group Resources
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.
5 Key Steps to Men’s Small Groups
Andy Lie offers suggestions from his successful experience starting, renewing and maintaining men's small groups.
Online Small Groups – Which Method is Best?
When you think about types of online groups today, consider these two questions: What is the purpose of the group? How can groups meet online?
Treating Small Group Infections
There are at least three potential small group infections that we not only need to be on the lookout for, but to aggressively fight against and treat.
How To Be an Effective Bible Teacher in a Small Group
As a small group leader --and in order to be an effective Bible teacher -- you have to get the text in front of them.
How to Fill Your Small Group With Encouragement
Encouragement is one of the spiritual gifts explicitly referenced in the New Testament. It’s so important that God tells us it should be a daily practice.
Post Traumatic Church Disorder: 12 Symptoms and 5 Treatments
Just below the surface, it affects daily interactions, vision casting and strategic planning. It affects how we relate to God and how we relate to others. I call it Post Traumatic Church Disorder.
Small Group Planning – How Often Should We Meet?
What’s better: 52 weeks per year, 36 weeks, 18 weeks? Should discipleship stop for Christian holidays? Here is some direction to navigate small group planning.
7 Tips for Leading Worship in Small Groups
The two most significant barriers to having meaningful worship in small groups are musical leadership and the misconception that worship is synonymous with music.
5 Ways to Deal With Small Group Gossip
Small group gossip, as benign as it might seem, is a missile that will sink the whole ship. Who would ever share another prayer request or personal issue in front of someone they feel they can’t trust?
5 Small Group Principles That Change Lives
Jesus is comfortable with chaos of people's lives. Are you?
10 Commandments of Technology and Team
Virtually anything that can be productive can also be destructive.
3 Ways to Integrate Children Into Your Groups
Everyone benefits from children being part of your small group — 3 approaches for how to handle them.
Reboot Your Small Group Christmas Party
This year, remember the most important element of your small group Christmas party.
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.
Cathedral to Replace Confederate Windows With Stained Glass Reflecting Black Life
Four years after the Washington National Cathedral removed windows depicting Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, the windows will be filled with work by artist Kerry James Marshall related to racial justice.
Ann Voskamp: What We Are Missing in God’s Vision for Hospitality
"It's not about becoming like Julia Child," says Ann Voskamp. "Hospitality is about welcoming in the marginalized as the next child of God."
