Small Group Leaders' Handbook: Developing Transformational CommunitiesJ. Alex Kirk, Jay Anderson, Myron Crockett, Tina Teng-Henson, Una Lucey-Lee, Janice McWilliams, Sandra Maria Van Opstal InterVarsity Press, 2012 M12 5 - 180 pages What do we mean when we talk about small groups? And more importantly: what do we expect to happen when people gather in this way? The small group that wrote this book—made up of current and former campus ministry professionals with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship—sees a small group as: a community that studies the Bible, prays and participates in God's mission together for the purposes of God's transforming work. Small groups are about transformation, and in this book transformation is given flesh and blood in the faces and names of the people you lead. |
Contents
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2A Biblical Voyage Through Small Groups | 23 |
PART 2SETTING Our Course | 37 |
Nurture | 53 |
Worship Prayer | 69 |
Outreach | 85 |
PART 3NAVIGATING GROUP LIFE | 101 |
8Cultivating Group Ownership | 119 |
10Redeeming Conflict | 145 |
PART 4SERVING AT THE HELM | 159 |
12The Influencing Leader | 177 |
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