- Paperback: 216 pages
- Publisher: Cdlm (12 Sep 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 097953500X
- ISBN-13: 978-0979535000
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 16.1 x 1.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,857,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A survey of resources about small groups at the beginning of the 1990s led to a discovery. Many books on small groups carried an instructional content and touched on groups as instrumental in delivery of that specific subject matter. How a leader was to function relative to a group was discussed as a matter of how to manage an instructional hour. The potential of groups for making connections and building community and serving others was largely unrecognised. What a group leader might do to pull together and maintain a group, or how a group leader might become acknowledged as part of a larger leadership strategy for service and outreach was simply unaddressed. From the insights developed in his complex and widely recommended "Prepare Your Church For The Future", best-selling author Carl George extracts the most basic, practical elements of how an individual leader can contribute to the well-being of others and the overall organisation.
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Ideal for church leaders to furnish to lay group leaders!
By making the nine commitments outlined, a lay leader can forge a ministry partnership with the pastoral staff of a congregation. The role of a small group/class/team leader is clarified so that lay leaders are empowered and encouraged as they lead sub-units of a congregation. Under this plan, groups led by volunteers become communities of faith where caring and witnessing are evident. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
By making the nine commitments outlined, a lay leader can forge a ministry partnership with the pastoral staff of a congregation. The role of a small group/class/team leader is clarified so that lay leaders are empowered and encouraged as they lead sub-units of a congregation. Under this plan, groups led by volunteers become communities of faith where caring and witnessing are evident. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A PART IN MAKING YOUR CHURCH A body where significant life-changing events can occur regularly? Read the first page
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
This is the book on small groups that I hand out to pastors
22 April 2000
Format:Paperback
I am a small-groups person. I have been in one small group or another, often as a leader, almost continually, for the past 30 years. I believe small groups are just about the most important aspect of a church's life.
I have read many books on this, gone to many seminars. There is a lot of good material on this topic.
But in my present role as a church consultant, this is the book on small groups that I hand to pastors who are wanting to know how to grow a small group ministry or how to better equip their small group leaders.
Why? As George explains in this book, most church small groups do a good job of promoting nurture and fellowship, but most stop there. George believes an effective small group should perform three basic functions, not just nurture. In addition to nurture, he believes small groups should be effectively engaged in small-group-based evangelism (George says that in any given year, only one small group in four does any evangelism), and he thinks that small groups should constantly be training small group leaders through apprenticeship. I agree that a small group needs all three functions. And so I use this book as the entry point for someone who is new to these ideas about small group life.
After this introduction, I point churches to further training or more in-depth printed materials about various aspects of this approach to small groups, but in my opinion, there's not a better starting point than this one.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Nine Keys More than enough
26 Sep 2002
Format:Paperback
Carl George effectively communicates the essential basics. This book does a good job of highlighting the difference between being a facilitator of small group time and being a leader (someone who is a disciple-maker). I have used this book as the main text for training small group leaders. It provides great material for interactive discussion and presenting a wholistic picture of all that small groups can be.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Best book on Small Groups
15 Nov 2001
Format:Paperback
The best two things about this book are: 1) it helps the small group leader coordinate with the pastor, and 2) it includes shepherding, building community, discipleship and evangelism as part of the small group experience. It is the best balanced book available today!
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