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Breaking Through Barriers – Moving Beyond Small Group Involvement and Growth Plateaus
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Connecting the Unconnected
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It is always exciting to see a church launch their new small group ministry—lots of enthusiasm, groups starting, new leaders coming on board, a kind of "buzz" in the air. But what does it look like three to five years later? Now what?
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Stop the Drift!
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The mission statement of Northeast Christian Church is "to team with God in turning unchurched people into fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ." Many of the small groups at the church, however, could be described as "perpetual ‘holding tanks’
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Is Your Small Group Stuck?
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Many churches have small groups for Bible study or fellowship where little real life change takes place. Some groups enjoy being together but rarely get beyond superficial fellowship, while others focus on cognitive Bible study but seldom wrestle with how God wants to transform their lives.
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Four Phases to Introduce Small Group Ministry in a Declining Church
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The servant-witness model for renewal consists of four interactive phases. For a church beginning the process of renewal action, there is a logical sequence to these phases.
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The Coach's Role in Breaking Growth Barriers
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It is my conviction that multiplication is the number one barrier in small group ministry. Many resist multiplication because they associate it with the numbers game or statistics.
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Values, Goals and Feedback Drive Great Leaders and Great Groups
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In Small Group Training, we learn about being a "faith-oriented" leader. The essential element to becoming faith-oriented is leading with the heart.
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Barrier-Breaking Small Group Leaders “Go First!”
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Probably like most of you, I haven’t broken any barriers that will get my name in world-record books. But, as a small group leader, there are many practices where I need to be a barrier-breaker for my small group—many areas of activity where I need to “go first.”
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