The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry

The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry
Author: Bill Donahue
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2009-08-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310864046

Assessment and solution for seven commonobstacles to building small groups.It’s one thing to start a small group ministry. It’s another tokeep the groups in your church healthy and headed in thesame direction. Whatever your church’s approach maybe—whether it is a church with groups or of groups—sooner or later, as a leader, you’ll need to do sometroubleshooting. That’s when the expert, to-the-pointguidance in this book will prove its worth.The beauty of this book lies in its unique diagnosticprocess. It allows you to assess, diagnose, and correctseven common “deadly sins” that can drain the life fromyour church’s small group ministry.In The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry, whatwould take you years to learn through trial and error isdistilled into some of the most useful information you canfind. Drawing on the knowledge they’ve gleaned fromworking inside Willow Creek Community Church, fromconsulting with hundreds of churches, and fromconducting conferences and seminars worldwide, smallgroup experts Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson furnishyou with proven, real-life solutions to the toughestproblems in your small group ministry. This is not theory—it is hands-on material you can read and apply today.

Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry 5 Pack

Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry 5 Pack
Author: Bill Donahue
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780310643814

Based on the authors' experience consulting with over 200 churches and teaching church leaders, this guide addresses seven "obstacles" in small-group ministry and proposes solutions and "next steps" for church leaders to take to overcome their deficiencies.

Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders

Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders
Author: Bill Donahue
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2009-05-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 031031688X

Small groups transform churches—and lives. Small group leaders often feel the weight of shepherding their members. But who shepherds the shepherd? And what are the best ways to provide that support and guidance? These are the questions answered in Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders. When you’re called to coach a small group leader in your church, your mind may be filled with questions: Am I godly enough? What do I have to offer? How do I begin? Although the challenge seems immense, this handbook breaks down the work into reassuring and achievable steps. Originally self-published by Willow Creek Community Church, this expanded and improved edition offers field-tested and biblically supported advice on such topics as modeling a surrendered life to those you shepherd gaining the tools and wisdom you need for coaching helping leaders grow spiritually nurturing the spiritual development and support of leaders. For those who want to coach with excellence and truly help small group leaders thrive, this go-to guide offers practical answers and inspiring examples. You’ll find both challenge and promise in these pages as you learn to carry forth your God-given calling with confidence. “We ask small group leaders to come alongside their group members, but often no one comes alongside them. This is a great tool from two people who have done exactly that for a long time. Small group leaders everywhere will benefit from this kind of coaching.”

Building a Life-Changing Small Group Ministry

Building a Life-Changing Small Group Ministry
Author: Bill Donahue
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310423430

Like nothing else, small groups have the power to change lives. They are the ideal route to discipleship—a place where the rubber of biblical truth meets the road of human relationships. However, church leaders often feel at a loss when it comes to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of group life in a church, and they struggle with understanding and solving the root causes of problems. Group Life resources provide, in ebook format, the practical tools and training resources needed to develop life-changing small group leaders, coaches to shepherd group leaders, and ultimately, a thriving church-wide small group ministry. These resources include the updated and revised versions of the best-selling Leading Life-Changing Small Groups and Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders, the new Building a Life-Changing Small Group Ministry and the supplemental Group Life Training DVD. Appropriate for individual or group study, the books function as manuals and workbooks that teach and allow readers to process and record information as they learn. Downloadable web-based vision clips and supplemental videos in the DVD help readers explore and discuss topics further. Group Life Resources conveniently integrate with the ReGroupTM curriculum, giving trainers the option to use them together. Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson’s Building a Life-Changing Small Group Ministry presents a broad introduction for pastors and point leaders to use as they navigate through the process of establish-ing and developing independent groups or a church-wide ministry of small groups.

Leading Life-changing Small Groups

Leading Life-changing Small Groups
Author: Bill Donahue
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2002
Genre: Church group work
ISBN: 0310247500

The executive director of the Willow Creek Association, a small group of ministries, shares in-depth, practical insights that have made this group so effective. This revised edition includes updated charts and diagrams, discussions of new practices, and resource lists at the end of each section.

Why Small Groups?

Why Small Groups?
Author: C. J. Mahaney
Publisher: Sovereign Grace Ministries
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1996
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781881039068

Do you want to get on the fast track to Christian maturity? Small groups provide the ideal context for working out our salvation together. Whether you attend a small group or lead one, this book will raise your vision and inspire you to excel in the areas of service to which God has called you. And if you don't attend a small group? All the more reason you may want to read Why Small Groups? and let it change your life. The authors are all pastors from various Sovereign Grace Ministries churches.

Seven Deadly Sins, DVD + Book

Seven Deadly Sins, DVD + Book
Author: Dan Boone
Publisher: Beacon Hill Press
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2009-05-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780834124455

Sin. For many, it s become a dirty word. In today's culture, saying sin in public is like mentioning the word bomb at the airport. You just don't.

Zondervan Bible Study Guide Sampler

Zondervan Bible Study Guide Sampler
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2004
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780310263265

The Zondervan Bible study guide sampler includes sixteen complete small group sessions from some of the bestselling series available today. It also includes one entire chapter from six of the leading books to move your small group ministry forward.

Beacon

Beacon
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2001
Genre:
ISBN:

Talking Back to Purity Culture

Talking Back to Purity Culture
Author: Rachel Joy Welcher
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2020-11-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830848177

The generation born into evangelical purity culture has grown up, but many still struggle with its complicated legacy. Examining purity culture's teachings through the lens of Scripture, Rachel Joy Welcher charts a path forward in the ongoing debates about sexuality—one that rejects legalism and license alike, steering us back instead to the good news of Jesus.