Pastor’s Nexus

Small-Group Assimilation Strategies: “Small groups certainly have a lot of potential for helping church visitors and new members become fully integrated into the congregation.”

Developing Mission Communities: “How small groups can carry out the Great Commission.”

This is a very good article that I think everyone in the PULSE! small groups should read. It shows how important community is to the mission and health of the small groups. Must read!!

World Church: Hundreds of Small Groups Forming to Share Gospel in Non-Christian City
“In a city where 16 million people live with radical fundamentalists who have blown up the meeting places of those whose beliefs differ from theirs, 700 people recently gathered to learn how to Tell the World about Jesus.”

8 Habits of Effective Small Group Leaders: “Why do some small groups grow and multiply while some do not? Is there some activity or set of activities a small group leader can do to increase the probability of the group growing and multiplying? If so, are these activities beyond the reach of the average small group leader? Will it take years of training to master them? Or is there a set of activities that are attainable and realistic that any small group leader who wants to grow and multiply can put into his or her weekly schedule?”

Follow the link to find out some very good points. And if you have the interest and time could you comment on what you think about these points?

World Church: Small Groups Are Focus of Evangelism and Witness Council:

The days of mass evangelism aren’t over, Seventh-day Adventist church experts say, but it is small Bible study groups that are gaining importance in bringing people to Christ, leaders were told at the Oct. 1 meeting of the church’s Council on Evangelism and Witness, or CEW.

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