By Steve Gladen
Regardless of how good your small group is, there will always come a time when you need to respond to a difficult person. As a small group leader, you must have a firm handle on how to identify and care for each kind of difficult personality. Some people simply ...
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Small Groups
Six Ways to Lead Successful Group Discussions
By Steve Gladen
Discussion time is the most important time in a small group. This time is when hearts open and God shapes the spiritual journey of each individual in the group.
Here are six ways to leading a successful group discussion:
You don’t have to go through all ...
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How to Recruit New Group Leaders
By Steve Gladen
Choosing a small group leader can be difficult. In Matthew 4, Jesus gave us a model for recruiting leaders. His first call was, “Follow Me.” Pretty simple, right? Three years later, His chosen Twelve, who turned the world upside down, were asked to die for ...
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How to Care for Difficult People
By Steve Gladen
Regardless of how good your small group is, there will always come a time when you need to respond to a difficult person. As a small group leader, you must have a firm handle on how to identify and care for each kind of difficult personality. Some people simply ...
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Five Preparation Tips for Small Groups
By Steve Gladen
Creating the right environment for a meaningful small group will make a big difference on each person. To achieve this, you’ll need to find the balance between overpreparing and underpreparing. Overpreparation, although it may seem beneficial, will actually end ...
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How to Get and Keep Men in Small Groups –
Some men just don’t like small groups. I can’t blame them. Those of us who write about and train people to lead groups are guilty of asking a group leader to create an environment that would drive a man’s man to clean the house before attending a small group meeting.
A few ...
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