Small groups

Article Review: Joy Together
- By Patricia Farris
- Posted on March 4th, 2013
Lynne Baab, pastor, professor, and author, is a familiar friend to those engaged in practices of spiritual formation. Her latest book, Joy Together: Spiritual Practices for Your…
Article Faith and Fiction
- By Patricia Bates
- Posted on November 28th, 2012
Real faith is stranger than fiction. So, maybe, that’s why Christian novels—from history to mystery—are leading so many of us now to biblical truths. While…
Article 10 Life-Charged Words
- By Derek Maul
- Posted on July 22nd, 2012
OK, guys. Gather round close. Let me have a word in your ear. I have a message from God. Ready? God wants to know: “Are you in or are you out?” “What kind of a…
Article Leading Grief Ministries
- By Julie Yarbrough
- Posted on May 16th, 2012
Three months after my husband died in 2004, I was desperate for an outlet to express my grief beyond the walled-in safety of my journal. For years a neighborhood church advertised …
Article Held Captive to "Small Group Worship"
- By John Flowers and Karen Vannoy
- Posted on April 2nd, 2012
What do pews, columbaria, sidewalk bricks, and local church histories have in common? In many churches, these are the places where people can find names of families who are…
Article Overseeing Adult Ministry
- By Delia Halverson
- Posted on March 24th, 2012
Small groups are an excellent way to preserve intimacy as a church grows, but there are often growing pains associated with new groups and new group members. Change always creates …