Whether you plan to begin a small-group ministry or would like to improve an existing one, Successful Small Groups will give you the information and skills you need to implement and run your program like a seasoned pro. Topics include: Methods for training, mentoring, and equipping leaders, Innovative teaching techniques, Ways to keep groups energized and fun, And more!

Small groups are a vital part of ministry. They offer churches a way to expand discipleship and build deeper relationships within their congregation, while meeting our culture’s need for community and connection. But implementing and running a small-group program is not an easy endeavor. From starting from scratch to expanding their group options, many churches are eager to learn more about this important ministry. Successful Small Groups is filled with everything churches need to launch and manage a small-group program. Author and ministry consultant Teena Stewart uses her experience and insight to show church leaders how to lay a strong foundation for small groups and build a healthy and effective ministry. By examining the best practices of several successful small-group programs, Stewart reveals ways to promote and multiply groups, troubleshoot, write group guidelines, train leaders, motivate groups to minister to others, and much more. She also includes examples of promotional flyers, mission statements, group covenants, and other resources...all of which are adaptable to fit a church’s individual needs. Whether you’re planning to begin a program or wanting improve an existing one, Successful Small Groups gives you the skills and information you need to approach small-group leadership and development like a seasoned pro. Topics include: Methods for training, mentoring, and equipping leaders Preventing leader burnout Suggestions for hands-on mission and benevolence projects Innovative teaching techniques Ways to keep groups energized and fun And more!

Published by Beacon Hill Press of Kansas (November 2007)

The future of the local church is directly tied to its ability to attract, equip, and unleash the potential of volunteers in the church.

Pastor Bill Hybels sees a new reality on the horizon. There is unprecedented spiritual openness in today's society, and at the same time, increasing economic pressure on the resources of local churches. The solution lies squarely on the able shoulders of God-gifted volunteers. And they are ready for the challenge! Once trained, empowered, and inspired, record numbers of volunteers will take on all new levels of responsibility in the local church, creating a volunteer revolution that will transform churches and communities.

The Volunteer Revolution reveals how all of this can happen and how churches can unleash vast amounts of untapped potential. Through real-life volunteer stories, Hybels inspires church leaders in their role as equippers while motivating potential volunteers to align themselves with God's mission to change the world.

Published by Zondervan (September 1, 2004)

Explains critical concepts of the current ‘unchurched’ culture that make current constitutions and bylaws difficul. It describes ways of using the gifts of all members--especially those capable of but not now involved in church leadership. It demonstrates specific ways of working within the reality of the ‘sprinter’ culter that are new to many church leaders.

Published by Mission Growth Publishing (2000)

All churches like to think that theirs is the friendliest in town. But do visitors see it that way? Church consultant Gary McIntosh invites readers to take a look at their church through the eyes of visitors and potential visitors. His starting point, grounded in an understanding of God as a “welcomer,” is that churches should see those who enter their doors as not merely visitors, but as guests, and themselves as gracious hosts. This practical book offers sound advice on assessing and improving the ways in which churches attract people, welcome them, do follow-up, and bring them into the church family. It also offers suggestions for making a welcoming attitude part of the very fabric of the local church.
This practical book offers sound advice on assessing and improving the ways in which churches attract people, welcome them, do follow-up, and bring them into the church family.

Published by Baker Books (August 14, 2006)

Dave Ramsey knows what it's like to have it all. By age twenty-six, he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and, through his workshops and his New York Times business bestsellers Financial Peace and More than Enough, he has helped hundreds of thousands of people to understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right-financially, emotionally, and spiritually.

In this new edition of Financial Peace, Ramsey has updated his tactics and philosophy to show even more readers:

• how to get out of debt and stay out
• the KISS rule of investing-"Keep It Simple, Stupid"
• how to use the principle of contentment to guide financial decision making
• how the flow of money can revolutionize relationships

Published by Viking Adult (December 30, 2002)

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Published by Lampo Press (January 2003)