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Make Your Group a Winning Team!
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I have a confession. I like Mike. I like Mike so much that I named my first son after him—well, kind of. His name is Jordan Michael. I like Mike so much that I was selected as the biggest Michael Jordan fan in Anderson, Indiana, in 1993, the year of M.J.’s first retirement. I like Michael Jordan for a reason: I like basketball, and he is the greatest basketball player of all time. Yet his first NBA team, the Chicago Bulls, did not win the NBA championship until his seventh season. That is when they assembled a great team around the greatest player.
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Holistic Small Groups are not Perfect Groups
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Holistic groups do not equal perfect groups. The perfect group does not exist. Small groups are places where broken people are in the process of becoming whole.
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Holistic Small Group Ministries: Goodbye to Ho-Hum
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As effective as a wide variety of church programs may be in providing fellowship and ministry opportunities to members and casual seekers, small groups seem to corner the market on successful intentionality in true disciple-making.
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What is a Holistic Small Group?
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There are many kinds of small groups found in churches today. Some are formed to support what goes on inside the church building on weekends (parking attendant groups, usher groups, worship team groups, etc.). Other groups that meet off-campus are formed for Bible study, prayer, fellowship, outreach, or discipleship. Each has an opportunity to learn or serve or minister in the local church.
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Supernatural, Synergistic, Systems-Thinking Group-Life!
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"The whole is more than the sum of its parts." Aristotle coined this phrase that summarizes what people mean by “holistic.” A similar concept is intended by the word “synergy”: A phenomenon that occurs when two or more influences act together to create an effect that is greater than if each agent were to have worked separate from one another. Both are fitting when talking about small groups because when believers gather in Jesus’ Name, a supernatural dynamic is birthed into existence that redefines the gathering itself and radiates the richness of the collective experience (Matthew 18:20).
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Three Reasons Why You Need Community to Flourish
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Everyone needs community. Everyone needs to be connected. I think it is safe to say that people simply will not—cannot—grow outside of community. Are you in community? Are you creating community for those within your sphere of influence?
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