Small groups: the same yesterday, today, and forever?

B Donahue, C Gowler - Christian Education Journal, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the last 40 years the use of small groups for building community and fostering spiritual
growth has gained wide acceptance across North American churches of all sizes and …

[图书][B] The big book on small groups

J Arnold - 2010 - books.google.com
What's so big about small groups? With proven results in drawing people into community
and helping them grow to maturity in Christ, small groups have established themselves as a …

[图书][B] Go big with small groups: Eleven steps to an explosive small group ministry

WM Easum, J Atkinson - 2007 - books.google.com
Most churches that begin small groups find that within a couple of years two things happen-
the number of small groups has dwindled in size and few if any of them have birthed other …

[图书][B] Small groups in the church: A handbook for creating community

TG Kirkpatrick - 1995 - books.google.com
This planning and leader training handbook offers a distinctive broad-based, small-group
approach to building community. From the Jewish havurot to Christian koinonia, you will …

All the rage: How small groups are really educating Christian adults part 1: Assessing small group ministry practice: A review of the literature

M Rynsburger, MA Lamport - Christian Education Journal, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This mini-series considers the current and widespread trend of church-based small groups
for adult spiritual formation. It is proposed that a focus on relationships must be kept in …

Factors that fuel small group growth

J Egli, W Wang - Christian Education Journal, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
In order to improve congregational growth, thousands of churches in the United States have
implemented small group ministries over the last several decades, but almost no statistical …

All the rage: How small groups are really educating Christian adults part 2: Augmenting small group ministry practice—developing small group leadership skills …

MA Lamport, M Rynsburger - Christian Education Journal, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This three-part series considers the current and widespread trend of church-based small
groups for adult spiritual formation. It is proposed that a focus on relationships must be kept …

All the rage: How small groups are really educating Christian adults part three: Anchoring small group ministry practice—biblical insights and leadership development

M Rynsburger, MA Lamport - Christian Education Journal, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
This three-part series considers the current and widespread trend of church-based small
groups for adult spiritual formation. It is proposed that a focus on relationships must be kept …

The small-group ministry movement of the last four decades

H Atkinson, J Rose - Christian education journal, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The modern small-group movement emerged in the 1960s as small groups slowly began to
replace the Sunday school as the preferred context for doing Christian formation in the local …

[图书][B] Small groups for the rest of us: How to design your small groups system to reach the fringes

C Surratt - 2015 - books.google.com
Most churches in America struggle to have a significant percentage of their adult attendance
in small groups. According to recent research done by Lifeway Research, only “33 percent of …