Go Big With Small Groups

Go Big With Small GroupsGo Big With Small Groups:
11 Steps to an Explosive Small Group Ministry

By Bill Easum and John Atkinson (Abingdon, 2007)

Most churches that begin small groups find that within a couple of years, the number of small groups has dwindled in size and few, if any, of them have birthed other small groups. So, the only way most churches keep small groups going is by reinventing them over and over, usually with the same people. The authors have led congregations in which small-group ministry proved crucial to the church’s growth and understand how to make small groups growing, self-reproducing centers of Christian discipleship.

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James P. Long
James P. Longhttp://JamesPLong.com

James P. Long was formerly the editor of Outreach magazine and the author of a number of books, including Why Is God Silent When We Need Him the Most?

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