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Small Group Leaders How To's

What if I'm Not a Good Example to My Group?

When it comes to measuring up, most small group leaders fall short.

4 Keys to Sustaining New Groups

If you expend the energy it takes to get these new groups going, you want to keep them going!

6 Keys to Keeping Your Small Group Going

What do you need to do right now to keep your new group going? And beyond going, how can you make it even better?

Teaching Small Group Members to Pray

Jesus taught the disciples to pray. Shouldn't we do the same?

Making Your Group Real Friends

Here are seven principles to help you CONNECT with the people in your group and to help them connect with one another.

Small Groups and People With Disabilities

Brian Hofmeister lays out how to integrate those with disabilities into your small groups.

4 Practices for Recruiting Small Group Leaders

It’s easy to get discouraged when the leadership gap widens.

Curriculum: Who Should Choose our Next Study?

How you select the study may be more important that what you select.

6 Easy Ways to Destroy Community This Summer

Don't overreact when crazy summer schedules jack up your strategy for community. Instead, learn to be flexible.

Four Questions You Need to Ask About Your Small Group Ministry

Your ministry will always drift from the course you set.

How to Get Small Group Members to Read Their Bibles

Rick Howerton: "I believe there are five reasons that believers today overlook the most important work ever written, the book given us by God Himself."

7 Tips on Starting a Great Study for Women

Coordinate a fabulous bible study just for the women in your congregation with these helpful tips.

How to Apply Scripture While Doing Life Together

Mark Howell: Speed of the leader = speed of the group.

The Simplest Way to Share the Gospel

Do you have to be pushy to share Jesus with people? Brian Hofmeister doesn't think so.

5 Keys to Becoming a More Caring Group

How deeply do your group members care for and support each other?

Dealing with Small Group Parasites

Mike Mack offers seven steps for handling group members who "suck the life" out of your group.

10 Steps to Help New Group Members Connect

Are there things you can do to help break the membrane and welcome new members? Absolutely.

7 Steps to Sharing the Leadership of Your Group

Mike Mack talks about how you can move from leading solo to team-leading your small group.

Sharing the Load: Dividing Responsibilities in Your Group

Dividing responsibilities not only eases your leadership burden, it helps your group members grow.

‘Understanding Precedes Refutation’—Preston Sprinkle’s Exiles in Babylon Conference Is Curious

The Exiles in Babylon conference, which is an outgrowth of Preston Sprinkle's “Theology in the Raw” podcast, “aims to help believers think Christianly about theological and cultural issues by engaging in curious conversations with a diverse range of thoughtful people.”

Steve Robinson: How To Create a Culture of Service in Your...

Steve Robinson joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can foster a culture of serving in their churches, raise up new leaders, and help people discover their giftings.

Small Group Leaders How To's