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Rick Lowry
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 Rick Lowry is Pastor of Community Life at Crossroads Christian Church in Evansville, Indiana. He has been on staff at Crossroads for three years, where his primary role is director of small groups. Rick has enjoyed leading small groups for over thirty years. He is a graduate of Ozark Christian College and Cincinnati Bible Seminary. Rick enjoys woodworking, running and spending time with his wife Becky, daughter Amanda, and son Bryant.
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Articles by this Author
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Small group leadership in the local church is a detail-intensive ministry. Lesson preparation and regular contact with group members are hard enough to squeeze into a busy leader’s calendar.
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Ten Growth Questions Leaders Need to be Asking Themselves
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Holiness, God's Word, Worship, Sharing Faith, Stretching Faith, Prayer, Solitude, Serving, Spiritual Progress, Accountability
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Supergroups
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In the fall of 2003, Greg Bowman from the small groups staff at Willow Creek Community Church introduced us to “Supergroups,” a small group growth concept that has helped us answer, “How big can a small group be?”
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Questions that Reveal Poor Small Group Health
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As the group leader, is my walk with God incomplete? When it comes to group health, there may be no more important question than this one. I cannot take a group to a spiritual place I have not been myself.
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When a Leader in Conflict Asks a Coach for Help
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I am a coach or director in a small group ministry. When a leader comes to me asking for help resolving a conflict within their group, what questions should I ask myself before responding?
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Small Group Management Systems
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Crossroads Christian Church of Evansville, Indiana, addressed the challenge of gathering, tracking, and maintaining a database for small groups by building our own database.
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Questions to ask When a Small Group is Sick
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IS IT TIME FOR A SHIFT IN LEADERSHIP? Has the leader grown tired of leading? Was the leader ever effective as a small group leader, and should consider another ministry area? Is more training needed for the current leader? Does the leader need to recruit a co-leader, to share the load and to prepare for future leadership of additional groups? Is it time for someone else in the group to “step up to the plate” and lead?
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Questions to Ask if You Are Restarting
Here is a common scenario in small group ministry…
Your church tried small groups a few years ago. It was a disaster. You know you ought to try again, but church members are resistant when they recall the previous attempt. How can you be successful this time around?
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Spiritual Responsibility at the Small Group Leader Level
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How can a church be assured that spiritual growth is happening in its small groups? Most churches adopt a structure between two extremes.
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Disciple-Making Small Groups - A Bible Study for Small Group Assessment
Listed below are nine possible elements of a small group, along with a brief suggestion of how each is applied to small groups. As a group:
1. Read each Scripture passage out loud.
2. Discuss this question: "How can the teaching of this passage be lived out in a small group setting?"
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