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Why Small Groups?


 Leader: Staff

Why do we have small groups?

In a word:

The point of the Bible is more than knowing the Bible. It is living the Bible with Christ's Body, and as a witness to the lost, as a community and as individuals.

I know no other place under heaven, where I can have some [friends] always at hand, of the same judgment, and engaged in the same studies; persons who are awakened into a full conviction, that they have but one work to do upon earth; who see at a distance what that one work is, even the recovery of a single eye and a clean heart; who, in order to do this, have, according to their power, absolutely devoted themselves to God, and follow after their Lord, denying themselves, and taking up their cross daily. To have even a small number of such friends constantly watching over my soul, and administering, as need is, reproof or advice with all plainness and gentleness, is a blessing I know not where to find in any part of the kingdom. (The Journal of John Wesley, December 10, 1734)[1] 

 

Why Small Groups? Together toward Maturity

Item # B3150-00-11

C.J. Mahaney, General Editor


Do you want to get on the fast track to Christian maturity? Small groups provide the ideal context for "working out our salvation" together. Whether you attend a small group or lead one, this book will raise your vision and inspire you to excel in the areas of service to which God has called you.

And if you don't attend a small group? All the more reason you may want to read Why Small Groups? and let it change your life.

Format: Paperback                           Why Small Groups? Together toward Maturity
Size: 9.0 x 6.0 inches
Published: October 1996
Pages: 133


Table of Contents

How to Use This Book
Foreword
  1. Why Small Groups? (C.J. Mahaney)
  2. Fellowship Rediscovered (John Loftness)
  3. Take This Group and Own It! (Greg Somerville)
  4. What Makes a Great Leader? (Mark Mullery)
  5. The Art of Care and Correction (Mickey Connolly)
  6. Never Say Comfortable (John Butler)
  7. And Now for the Big Picture (Dave Harvey)
Appendix: What It Means to Me (Walt Russell)
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[1]Jimmy Long, Small Group Leaders' Handbook : The Next Generation (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1997, c1995).