This is installment #14, and the last post (for now) in my series on Commitment and Small Groups.Andrew Mason, founder of SmallGroupChurches.com, and I recently discussed this question via video: "Why do you think we often do not see commitment...
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Small Group Leaders
7 Grace-Filled Principles for Building Commitment to Spiritual Practices (Commitment and Small Groups Series #13)
In yesterday's post, I discussed what you as a leader can do when group members resist making a commitment to grow spiritually. How can you help them grow, and, even first, want to grow, without pushing them, judging them, or being...
Ministry Leaders
Why Many American Small Groups (and Churches) Fail to Reproduce (Commitment and Small Groups Series #11)
Why don't very many small groups in America reproduce themselves? I'll mention three main reasons, and discuss the third in a bit more detail today. One reason I've mentioned often is that many groups simply are not healthy. Healthy things...
Small Group Leaders
Commit to Meeting Weekly (Commitment and Small Groups Series #10)
I'm on a personal mission to communicate the vitality of Commitment in Small Groups. Commitment is the key to authentic community, real discipleship, the bearing of lasting fruit, carrying out Christ's mission, and multiplication. One of the places I see...
Small Group Leaders
The Missing Ingredient in American Churches and Groups (Commitment and Small Groups Series #9)
"If you make disciples, you will always get the church. But if you try to build the church, you will rarely get disciples." -Mike Breen, "Why the Missional Movement Will Fail" Breen makes some great points in his post I...
Small Group Leaders
Does Commitment to a Group Depend on the Correct Chemistry? (Commitment and Small Groups Series #8)
I received a question on another site to the first post in this Commitment and Small Groups series. QUESTION: Just was reading about the group that got tattoos, wow! I wish that symbolism transferred to the heart. Discipleship is a...
Small Group Leaders
The Personal Commitment that Makes the Group Commitment Stronger (Commitment and Small Groups Series #7)
Your personal commitment to Christ has a tremendous effect on everyone else in your group. When you are not growing in your own faith, your fellow group members lose something: your influence on them. But when you are committed to...
Small Group Leaders
The Costs of Commitment in Groups (Commitment and Small Groups Series #6)
I'm writing currently about commitment in groups and I believe this is vital. Groups that are committed to one another, despite the costs involved, are the ones in which people grow and develop into disciplemaking disciples. They are also the...
Small Group Leaders
Committed to WHAT? 3 Commitments of a Healthy, Life-Changing Small Group (Commitment and Small Groups Series #5)
If you could ask Jesus’ original disciples to describe discipleship, they would talk about someone who was totally committed to a particular rabbi. Usually, disciples literally lived with their rabbi and followed him everywhere he went. Communal living was absolutely...
Small Group Leaders
5 Surefire Ways to Screw Up a Small Group (Commitment and Small Groups Series #4)
1. Make your group all about you. When you first looked for a small group, you may have done so in the same way you shopped for a new car or a new refrigerator. You looked for features you wanted,...
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