May

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Make Sure You Aren’t the Challenging Member!

May 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

David Rudd at Creative Community offers a review of a chapter called “Four Easy Ways to Ruin a Small Group” from the book Why Small Groups by Mark Mullery. If you want to ruin your group, here are four ways!
1. Do it all yourself.
Don’t give leadership or responsibility to others. Allow the people in […]

May

4

Chronically Ill are a Challenging Group

May 4, 2007 | 6 Comments

“People with chronic illness have a wide range of challenges,” says Rest Ministries’ founder, Lisa Copen, 38, who has lived with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia since 1993. “For some, mornings are very difficult. For others, pain and fatigue is worse in the evening. And once we get to church we are still in pain, trying […]

May

3

Valuable Resource for Small Group Leaders

May 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

One of the best one-stop Christian resources on the Web is SmartChristian.com, run by Dr. Andrew Jackson. It’s mostly a collection of links, but those links offer incredible depth for the Bible study leader. With headers like Resources, Blogs, World, News, Topics, History, Bible, Theology, Religions, Leaders, Missions, and Books, you’ll be able to find […]

May

2

Challenging People—God Put Them in Your Group on Purpose

May 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In Why Didn’t You Warn Me? How to Deal With Challenging Group Members, I talk about the fact that God is bringing challenging people into the church—and into your small group—on purpose. Where else will they find the healing and maturity they need to become all God created them to be?
I also comment that the […]

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