Overseer Training (Series)
A 3-week primer on joining the pastoral team as an overseer/elder at a biblically-functioning church.
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Tag: Training (Small Groups)
Dealing with the Small Group Dominator
Many small group leaders must deal with people who dominate the discussion during a meeting. Here are a few tips for dealing with a dominator.
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The Greatest Thing a Small Group Leader Can Do
Small group leaders have a big job with many tasks, but there’s one task that surpasses them all. The greatest thing a small group leader can do is give their job away.
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Small Group Leader Essentials
Want to lead a small group that makes a difference? Pay attention to these five leader essentials.
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Intro to PursueGOD Small Groups
To create a culture of discipleship, a church needs great small groups that do the right things, led by committed leaders who do the right things.
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Driving Toward Disciple-making in Your Small Group
Without mentoring, groups can be a small version of the big problem: ministry that doesn’t personally help the ones in need.
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Using Discussion Questions in Small Groups
Every PursueGod.org topic includes discussion questions. Here’s how to you to maximize those questions for your group.
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Is Your Small Group Really Winning?
Use these three questions in your small group to do a quick “full circle” check-up.
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Great Groups Must Be Intentional
Small groups are designed to be places where growing disciples make other disciples. To accomplish that goal, groups must be intentional about several important priorities.
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Leading Beyond the Weekly Meeting
The weekly small group meeting is important to master, but effective small group leaders have a ministry vision that goes beyond mere meeting management.
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Creating an Outwardly Focused Small Group
Small groups that become inwardly focused, concerned mainly about their own members, are unlikely to ever reproduce. It takes intentional leadership to help a small group develop a concern for those people who are not part of the group yet.
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Three Phases of a PursueGOD Small Group
PG small groups have a purpose and a process. You’re not just wandering aimlessly into the future; you’re moving with intention through three phases.
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How to Avoid Being a Weird Small Group
If a group is weird or awkward, people will not come back. Here is how not to be weird!
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How to Make Your Group Welcoming to Guests
It can be intimidating to attend a small group for the first time. Will your group make guests feel welcome or weird?
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How Groups and Mentoring Work: The Basic Commitments
Learn the basic commitments that make our resources work.
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Small Group Rally (Series)
Rallying the troops for another great season of small groups? Use the training topics below for workshops during the rally and for follow-up training after the rally.
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7 Things You Must Know to Lead a Small Group
Leading a small group isn’t too difficult if you’re using our online resources, but you do need to know these 7 things…
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The Strategic Role of Small Groups
Lesson 1 of Small Group Training. To create a discipleship culture, a church needs small groups that do the right things, led by committed leaders who do the right things.
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How to Lead a Small Group with PursueGOD Conversations
Simplify your small group with the free tools at pursueGOD.org. Our on-demand resources give small group leaders choices in every season.
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Going “Full Circle” as a Group
Just as individuals go “full circle” to maturity in Christ, small groups can also grow mature. In fact, people and groups become mature together.
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How to Avoid Small Group Leader Burnout
Helpful tips for how to stay in the game longer as a small group leader.
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How to Identify Future Leaders
One key element of successful leadership is raising up future leaders. But how do we determine who we should give leadership attention and responsibility to?
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Group Leaders Have Limits
One benefit of small groups is that a group often becomes an important care-giving and support network in challenging circumstances. But there are limits.
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The Three Seasons of a Small Group
It’s helpful to think of groups in terms of seasons to help us identify what’s happening in our groups and how to lead during each phase of group life.
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