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Small(er) Groups: a discussion starter
Written by: Chuck Bomar
I have recently been thinking through philosophies of ministry – particularly when it comes to getting people engaged in small(er) groups. I obviously have developed my own thoughts over time and certainly have reasons why I do what I do, and don’t do what we don’t do.
The reality is most of our ministries have some type of small(er) group gatherings. We know people desire to connect at deeper levels with others. We also know that this is an avenue by which we can speak more directly to issues.
So now that the school year is beginning, and likely your small(er) groups side of things will be getting off the ground sooner than later, I thought we’d do a series this week on this issue. My hope is that all of us can glean off one another approaches and ideas. Maybe we’ll even toss our previous ways out, for what we might think is a better way of going about small(er) groups after reading someone’s comments.
So, to BEGIN the discussion here are a few questions…
Do you have small groups? If so, how are they organized? Adult leader, peer leader?
Do your groups study a book of the bible or go through another book? Both?
Do you have both male and female groups, or include co-ed?
If co-ed, what are some of the difficulties you see/have with that? What are some great things you see in it?
How do you find leaders? Do you have any kind of formal training for them?
Do your groups go for a certain amount of time (i.e. semester or school year)?
Campus ministries likely have some type of time frame on them, while church-based leaders may have a variety of ways they go about it. Either way, what are the benefits of the way you go about it?
In my ministry I have answered all the above questions as I assume most of us have to some degree or another – or at least are beginning to. But I’m always up for learning as I hope you are…
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