" I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world" (John 16:33, NIV).
During the question time of the small group seminar, one leader said, “My group doesn’t want to evangelize and multiply. They want to grow intimate with each other, but resist talking about outreach and breaking up. What should I tell them?”
In practice, most Christian small groups prioritize community over evangelism. Carl George, in Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership, reports that in a given year, one Christian small group in four will “win someone to faith in Christ” (p. 6). That means that three out of four will not.
In a small group environment, there is a similar balancing act. The balancing act that every group should try to achieve is the exhortation from Christ to keep our eyes on the harvest fields (Matt. 9:36-38) and the goal to develop community in every group
