Your church has small groups.
You may not recognize them, but people naturally congregate into smaller groups within the church body. With a little structure, those small groups can be the catalyst for evangelism, discipleship, belonging, and pastoral care.
Whether you’ve already launched small groups or have been thinking about it, there are critical questions every church needs to address. Questions such as:
⁃ What is our goal with small groups?
⁃ What type of groups do we need?
⁃ How will we train group leaders?
⁃ How will we define success in small group ministry?
⁃ How are other people doing small groups?
This book will help you craft your strategy by exploring these questions and more. It offers an interactive guide to help you develop a long-term strategy for small group ministry in your church.
Included is a substantial appendix with interviews of over a dozen experienced pastors and leaders who have overseen small group ministry as well as a diagnostic tool you can use to build a custom strategy that best suits your church and community. Thought-provoking questions sprinkled throughout are designed to help guide you along the way.
Every church wanting to start a small group ministry or breathe new life into an existing one will benefit from the exploration of these big questions.
