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Featured Articles
Building Bridges with Small Group Community
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The Best Small Group Leader Ever once asked a philosophical question: “Who needs a doctor, the healthy or the sick?” The answer seems obvious, but the implication to your small group is more profound. Jesus then revealed his life mission: “I’m here inviting outsiders, not insiders—an invitation to a changed life, changed inside and out” (Luke 5:31, 32, The Message). Matthew’s gospel says it slightly differently: “I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders” (Matthew 9:13).
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Targets, Targets, Targets
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Years ago, our cell church began to target segments of the unreached Houston community. Six week small groups were used to establish relationships between group members and strangers by targeting their shared common needs or interests. We sponsored HOPE (Helping Others Practice English) for Japanese immigrants. This was so successful that we formed a congregation with over 100 of them. FLOC (For the Love Of Children) drew dozens of couples who had autistic children. A “Wild Game Night” drew hunters and fishers. “Biking Together” targeted still another group.
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Holy Smokers! How Tongs, Motorcycles, and Horseshoes are Connecting People into Groups
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Dan was very frustrated with his men’s group. He had an accountability group that met every Tuesday night around the conference table in the church library. Attendance was sketchy. He started with about a dozen guys. That number quickly dropped to a handful and then just a couple of guys. After Promise Keepers, or some other large men’s event, his group would grow, only to diminish once again.
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Bringing Christian Community into Subcultures
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In my mind’s eye I can see it. I can see a life that is seamlessly filled with the love of Christ. I can see myself living out my hobbies, mowing my yard, and enjoying the relationships around me. It is a vision I have had for my life and for others for a very long time. It is what I call a life-integrated ministry that engages popular culture while sharing the Gospel. What and where are these communities for us to engage? They are all around us: bicycle clubs, LAN parties, Texas Hold’em parties, sports leagues, work-out gyms, book reading clubs - subculture after subculture after subculture.
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One Filmmaker’s Perspective on Using Video in Small Groups
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My first memory of watching a video in church was in youth group. It was the early 1980’s when VHS was still new, so I must have been in 5th or 6th grade. The video was a movie about the rapture, and I remember two particular things about it.
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