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5 Ways To Frustrate Your Leaders
It’s January. You have signed up a bunch of new leaders and launched your small group campaign. Things seem to be going great until you start hearing about groups that are no longer meeting, leaders...
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Small Groups In A Hut
I had the incredible privilege of spending last week in Kenya seeing all of the amazing work that Blood:Water Mission is doing to help end the HIV/AIDS and water crisis in Africa. It’s estimated that...
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Update
I wanted to apologize for the lack of new content lately on the site. I am currently, furiously working on a project that I think is going to be very cool when finished. This site will start seeing a...
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Book Announcement
I am extremely excited to share what I have been working on for the past 6 months: I will be releasing my first book, Small Groups For The Rest Of Us: How To Design Your Small Groups System To Reach...
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5 Benefits Of Groups
I believe that small groups are where sustained, life change happens best. That when a group of people spend time together in Biblical community, spiritual growth is possible. But when small groups...
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Custom Message Studies
Creating solid, biblical studies to go along with Sunday messages is one of the most difficult weekly tasks for most small group staff people. A lot of teaching pastors won’t have their messages ready...
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Flowers, Bunnies and My Next Journey
I love Spring. This is the time of year when new flowers are starting to bloom. The sun is coming out from hiding in Nashville. Spring training is starting. Easter is right around the corner. And it’s...
View ArticleEveryone Needs A Coach
I have written several times about the need for all leaders to have someone to lean on every once in awhile. In our small groups system at Cross Point, we called them coaches. Coaches are simply there...
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My New Team
After serving for over 22 years as a full-time staff member at some incredible churches, my life’s goal now is to see the local church reach her full potential in mission, vision and strategy. I...
View Article3 Reasons Why I Might Not Come Back To Your Church
Because I am not on a church staff for the first time in over 20 years, my family and I have been able to do something over the last few months that we have never done – visit churches. The only...
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What Happens When You Go Multisite
I remember when the multisite conversation started at Seacoast Church around the year 2000. Basically – we were out of room, the city would not let us build and we had to do something. I can honestly...
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5 Things Campus Leaders Need From Central Support
I have spent the last 14 years of my ministry life either in a supporting role or as the one being supported at a multisite church. When we launched our first offsite campus at Seacoast, I was on the...
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5 Things Central Support Need From Campus Leaders
We have established that misunderstanding is a common byproduct of multisite churches. We are all (hopefully) headed in the same direction, but lack of proximity to ministry leaders can lead to side...
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Coaching Group Starting This Fall
Most of my key moments of leadership breakthroughs have come during intensive time with a group of my ministry peers. Nothing beats having intentional time with other leaders who are in trenches with...
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Why Your Church Should Not Go Multisite
With over 8000 churches in the U.S. now having a multisite model, single site churches are starting to feel like the fax machines of the church world – they still exist, but how effective are they?...
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5 Ways To Keep Leaders From Burnout
I had the opportunity a few years ago to hear Mark Miller from Chick-fil-A speak at a leadership event in Dallas, Texas. Mark was sharing about how they have built a strong leadership culture at...
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5 Reasons Why Small Groups Are Not Working At Your Church
There are a myriad of reasons why a small group system may not be working. I talk to leaders all of the time who are struggling because their church just will not buy into the concept of community...
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Please Don’t Sing In Your Small Group
A common tension with a lot of small group point people is defining what an “official” small group is at their church. A broader definition will add to the number of groups and look good on the...
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How To Lead A Great Video-Enhanced Bible Study
Leading a Bible study for a small group is an achievable task for most leaders. With the right preparation and curriculum, a group leader’s main goal is simply facilitating a conversation aimed at...
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Do You Have A Plan?
It’s the beginning of April, and for most churches that means activity for small groups is beginning to slow down. Spring break for schools is over. The post-Easter attendance slide into summer is...
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