Episode 14: Michel Hendricks
https://exponentialgroups.podbean.com/e/michel-hendricks-on-half-brained-christianity-and-the-role-of-neuroscience-in-making-disciples/ This Podcast is available on:Apple Podcasts – Google Play – Spotify – Amazon Music/Audible – Pandora -Podbean – Tune In –...
Do School Administrators Hate Small Groups?
Back in the good old days, the school year started after Labor Day and ended before Memorial Day as God intended. Lately, however, school districts have gotten creative with school calendars. Some schools take a week or two off every six weeks now – all year ‘round....
3 Reasons Coaching Fails
If you would rather LISTEN to this blog post, click here. You’ve probably got a story about how you’ve tried coaching group leaders and how it failed. I actually have a few of those. But, let me assure you that coaching can and does work. You need coaches. You must...
Is Delegating Demoralizing?
Clearly you have more to do than you could or should be doing on your own. Whether you lead a team or work solo, as your small groups ministry grows, there is more to do than is humanly possible. You have to multiply yourself for sure. You have to pass things on to...
Putting COVID Behind Us
The last two years have been unprecedented, unbelievable, devastating, incredible. (Pretend this is the Amplified version of this blog. You pick the word!) Now, as the last holdouts for Coronavirus mandates, Oregon, Washington, and others, are planning to reduce their...
What are Some Creative Ways to Recruit More Group Leaders?
This great question comes from Ashley Calabro, Small Group Director at 5 Points Church, Easley, South Carolina. And, this is THE question for small group point people, isn’t it? If you don’t have a leader, well, you don’t have a group. Here are some “creative” ways to...
Episode 13: Heather Zempel
https://exponentialgroups.podbean.com/e/heather-zempel-on-developing-leaders-and-making-disciples/ This Podcast is available on: Apple Podcasts – Google Play – Spotify – Amazon Music/Audible – Pandora -Podbean – Tune In – iHeartRadio – PlayerFM – Listen Notes Show...
Handling Controversial Issues in Groups
These are controversial times. You probably don’t have to think too hard about controversial issues that could pop up in small groups. In fact, some of the issues probably already have. What’s the best way to handle them? Should you just avoid controversy in groups?...
Connecting with Unchurched People
Image by Pam Carter from Pixabay The last two years have brought a decade’s worth of change to the culture and to the church. If unchurched people were reluctant to visit your church before, why would they come now and risk getting sick, right? Clearly, the new front...
You Deserve a Promotion
You work hard. You’ve learned a lot. You are growing your small groups both numerically and spiritually. Your hard work should pay off. But, a promotion is not necessarily a bigger salary or a larger title (but it could be!) Your small group ministry will grow. Your...
What’s Wrong with Rooted
By now you’ve probably heard of Rooted or used it in your church. Rooted is an experience brought over from Kenya by Mariners Church about a decade ago. If you haven’t heard of Rooted, you can get the full details here and here . While many churches have seen...
Small Groups are a Leadership Development Factory
If you need more leaders and even people just to help in your church, you are in good company these days. With low attendance numbers dragging on into the third year since COVID began, the leadership deficit in most churches is bigger than it’s ever been. Small groups...