"I don't do women's ministry." What -- a woman who doesn't want to be involved in women's ministry? You're perplexed. You've strategized how to reach women of many interests. You've considered schedules and costs. Yet there are those women who continue to keep their distance from women's small groups and events. If you ask them, they might admit they have no interest. But why? Reason #1. Past experience . Women have been hurt by other women, and...
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To be successful to meet our own needs in recruiting small-group leaders who are healthy and able to go the distance, we need to meet their three key needs. We must show them that their role is manageable , one that they are competent to perform, and...
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"If you really want to experience community in our church join a small group." I've heard those or similar words from well meaning and sincere pastors, church leaders, and small group leaders from around the country. If small groups create community,...
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Here's a small-group axiom so obviously true that it's easy to dismiss: Early on in your efforts to launch, or re-launch, your small-group ministry, create a very specific description of what you want to have happen within those groups. A reasonable...
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January 14, 2011 Tucson, Ariz. -- Soon after a gunman opened fire at a public political event in Arizona, Americans were talking about ways to tone down angry rhetoric. Although the motives of shooter Jared Loughner, 22, are unclear, officials...
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My grandmother loved to do puzzles in the newspaper every day. Her favorite by far was the "Jumble." Jumbles require decoding four words with the letters scrambled, then deciphering a cryptic "mystery" answer alluded to by the accompanying cartoon. If...