Posts Tagged ‘small group consulting’

How do you know you’re succeeding at what you do?  If we were baseball players…it’d be easy.  At the end of the game we’d see who had the most runs on the scoreboard.  Would hits matter?  Yes.  Would RBIs matter?  Yes.  What about our pitcher’s ERA?  Yes.  But would they themselves be a win?  No. …

As we’ve discussed previously, there is no problem-free.  Every solution comes with a set of problems.  Knowing that, wise people simply choose the problems they’d rather have and select the solution they like based on that. Is there a problem-free way to identify and recruit small group leaders?  No.  Every method of identifying and recruiting…

Churches make the decision to launch a small group ministry in a church with a Sunday School culture for a variety of reasons. There may be a growing conviction that while an on-campus solution may work for some…it isn’t working for everyone. There may be a sense that we need to provide a menu that…

To build a small group ministry in a church with a Sunday School culture, you’ll need to think multiple steps. That means looking beyond the first step to the next and the next after that.  Sometimes that’s easier said than done.  But…very much like the way a NASCAR driver must learn to think about the…

Note: This article was originally posted 3/10/09.  You’ll need to adjust the dates depending on when you read it. Have you taken a look at your calendar yet?  Easter is April 12th.  That’s important for two reasons.  First, it’s only five weeks away!  But I’m sure you knew that already.  The second reason that’s important…