Does your ministry suffer from bottle-vision?
It’s easy to set off on a vision to build great bicycles only to end up manufacturing water bottles. To clarify this seemingly...
Category: Leadership
Does your Group Share Authentically?
Does your small group share authentically? I’ve talked to several small group members and leaders that have expressed how hard it is to have...
Small Groups 2.0
There isn’t just one way to start a small group, nor is there just one type out there. That’s why it’s okay to small...
Diffusion of Spiritual Innovation
The Diffusion of Innovations theory explains the rate at which new technologies and ideas reach full saturation or maturity within our culture. On the...
Small Influences Big Change
I had coffee a while back with a local ministry leader at a church of a few thousand people who asked his leadership to...
Lead by Following
It might be time to consider handing off leadership of your group to others. If you have a core team of committed group member...
Smallgroups Led by People
Small groups need to be led by people not programs, and our chief model is Jesus Christ. Jesus modeled for us how to do...
The Ministry of Showing Up
There’s no substitute for meeting and spending time with people in your small group. I call it the ministry of showing up. Meeting a...
Big Dreams in a Small Group
“There are times and places where it is better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a...
Awful May Be Awesome
Are you in an awful small group? Let’s be real, there are awful ones out there. I just spoke with someone that told me...