Posts by Mark Howell

I get questions…a lot of questions!  When they apply to lots of people, I try to answer them here on the blog!  This is one of those times.  Here’s a question from a reader: How do you motivate people in the pews & leadership to join a group? What are the keys to get everyone…

What have you designed your small groups to produce?  Such an important question.  When I’m asked a question like that, I’m always drawn back to Andy Stanley’s line that “your ministry is perfectly designed to produce the results you are currently experiencing.”  It’s easy to substitute the words small groups for ministry as in “your small…

I get asked a lot of questions.  Emails.  Twitter and Facebook messages.  Blog comments.  You get the picture. I answer a lot of questions.  And some of them turn into blog posts.  Especially when they are a question a lot of people have. The question yesterday was: “If you were in my shoes what would…

I’m often asked why I care so much about groups. I know everyone has their own opinion about something like this.  These are the reasons why I do what I do.  These are the reasons groups matter to me. 5 Reasons Why Groups Matter To Me: First, groups matter because they are the optimal environment for…

I love a great question. I actually look for them and even write them down when I hear them or copy them when I read them. See also, Quotebook: Never Stop Questioning. But there are some questions that are absolutely the wrong question and they lead to the wrong answer. See also, The Right Answer to the…