What Do You Call Your Small Groups?
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What do you call what your small groups? There are a number of very common names:
- Small Groups
- Life Groups
- Growth Groups
- Cell Groups
- Community Groups
- Bible Studies
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What do you call your groups? How about taking a moment and give me some feedback? Use the comment section and jump in!
We use a hybrid, some Bible studies, some community groups, some affinity groups, and some life groups
Journey Groups
We call ours community groups. I love connecting the name of our small groups ministry with what we’re all about, developing community within and making an impact on our local community without.
Our traditional,group gatherings of 12+/- people are called Small Groups.
Midweek Bible studies fall under the Small Group category.
Our “Doing Life Together” brochure lists two other categories, Christian Life Groups; that includes prayer groups and Sunday classes and Community Groups. That designation includes Alpha, Divorce Care, Grief Share, the exercise classes, Mom’s group, etc.
Community Groups!
Bible Fellowship Groups. We are using BFG for both Sunday School and Home Groups as we gradually merge the two organizations.
small groups…..but would like a better name……none from the list above really grab me.
cell groups
WE call our small groups Link Groups. It carries the idea of a chain being linked together. So if you’re in a Link Group you are considered to be linked to the vision of the church.
Connect Groups
Life Groups
Small Groups
This is great! Thanks everybody for jumping into the discussion!
mark
My church uses the word KINSHIP to describe its home groups. It is a vineyard church based in Bourenmouth UK which has a Canadian as lead pastor. As long as people feel part of the group the name is imaterial unless as a christian group yopu call yourself sons of satan! which may cause a problem> Lol.
F3 Groups which is a reminder of our church-wide mission to produce a multiplying movement of fully functioning followers of Jesus Christ.
F3! I love it! Thanks Jeff!
This is great everybody! Thanks for joining the discussion!
mark
Life Groups. We also use the tagline: “Because life is better in community,” a play on our name (Community Church of Hendersonville). We also use the phrase: “Real people doing real life together!” These aren’t original, but they work for us.
I like it! We call ours “Life Groups” also, but I like the tagline! Thanks for commenting!
mark
At Living Hope Church in Vancouver, Wa. we have Lifegroups and Lifeclubs. Lifegroups are typical small groups and Lifeclubs are activity driven such as Quilting, Motorcycles etc.
I like the twist! Thanks Pam!
Base Camps. We live in the mountains.
What a great name, Ed! Thanks for jumping in here!
mark
If all small groups within your church fellowship are refered to as ‘small groups’ how do you differentiate one from another?
Not sure I understand your question, Barb. For us, small groups is the category and when we are referring to an individual group we use the leader’s name. What are you asking?
Okay, I understand what you’re saying, Mark – it’s the leader’s name that separates one small group from another- as in Barb’s Small Group or Mark’s Small Group. Thanks.
Our pastor refers to us a ‘covenant friend group’ and I’ve been toying with the idea of actually naming us – ‘The Pact’ for example – pact/covenant. you get the idea.
That’s right. We’ve actually just changed from “small groups” to “life groups” thinking that it’s a better descriptive name in terms of what happens within our groups.