Why You Should Go Big with Your Rooted Pilot (And How)
A single pilot group is sometimes too small when preparing to launch the Rooted experience in a church body. The primary struggle for churches who start with one pilot group is… “We loved Rooted, b...
3 Things Every Group Leader Needs
On the surface, the recipe for successful small groups in the church seems pretty easy. You take a group of people with common interests or a similar life stage, put them in a living room or room a...
4 Prayers for Church Leaders In Hard Seasons
Church leadership isn't easy. And perhaps that will always be true, because a pastors job is to serve people. If a church leader you know is fighting through a difficult season of ministry, here ar...
Effective Discipleship Is Experiential
If we are honest, we’d have to admit that sometimes our churches can be largely educational when the discipleship we see in Acts is experiential. So here’s a quick quiz… Are your discipleship grou...
Effective Discipleship Has 7 Rhythms
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Does your church have a discipleship plan? Do your people know what it is? If you asked ten disciples in your church how to pu...
Effective Discipleship Includes Church-Wide Rhythms
Mega Stuf Oreos are sometimes a problem. That's because, in spite of their deliciousness, Mega Stuf Oreos have diminishing returns. At cookie number twelve or thirteen in a given sitting, they begi...
3 Reasons Not to Fear Launching Groups in the Summer
As church leaders, we tend to be tentative about starting new groups when the weather is warm. But, churches are finding it's not only possible, but logical and powerful, to start new groups and he...