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I’m regularly asked how Saddleback can have more adults in groups than they have in worship.  People everywhere scoff when they hear the numbers.  And I have to admit, it is pretty wild.  After all, during Life’s Healing Choices, their most recent church-wide campaign, they had over 4,500 groups with over 35,000 people in them [...]

Have you ever made the decision to lose weight or start exercising (or any number of other things) only to find that you really couldn’t do it alone?  The benefit of a training partner or participating in a weight-watchers group is unquestioned.  Yet, when it comes to spiritual next steps, most of us attempt to [...]

The optimal environment for life change is a small group.  We’ve all heard that line for years.  Most of us have said that line so frequently that it is now an automatic response when we hear a counter opinion.  And yet…is it really true?  And if it is true, is it a given?  Or does [...]

One of my blogosphere buddies is speaking at the National Outreach Convention in November on a topic that we’ve begun talking about here: making disciples.  Here’s the short description of his talk: "If we are serious about accomplishing the mission of Jesus we can no longer be satisfied with “raise your hand”, “sign a card” [...]