For most churches we are just launching a new church year. For the first blog entry of the year I want to focus on the dynamic that my researched revealed as the most important element for a church’s small group system’s health and growth—the effective coaching of your leaders. Coaching is pivotal whether you are […]
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Pray Weekly, Eat Monthly
Our small group’s outreach is going exceptionally well right now and I thought I’d share with you what seems to be working. It’s pretty simple, really. We pray weekly for our friends that need God and we do a cookout or potluck each month. Pray weekly: This is really very simple and doesn’t take long […]
Pray, Invite, Eat, Repeat
How do you grow a small group? I think it comes down to four simple actions: pray, invite, eat, repeat. One reason why I want to write on this is because growing our own small group this year took persistence in these principles. We started strong with three committed couples. Then three other individuals joined […]
Food & Small Group Growth
This week everyone came to small group! Why? Because we were doing a potluck. People show up for food! It reminds me of a potluck we did in our last small group. So many people were there that evening that a new member asked me if we had invited another group to join us. I […]