Small Group Leader Training

1. Small Group Leader Training

2. Relax • Home Cell Group Explosion

3. Let your Personality be …. Don’t try to be anyone but you.

4. The Bible is full of true stories about unlikely people God used to be effective leaders. • The only difference is they were willing to trust God • Relax, be yourself and …..

5. PRAY! Of all variables for successful small groups, the leader’s devotional life is always in the top three.

6. Luke 5:16 tells us that “Jesus slipped away to a lonely place to spend time with the Father.” Mark 1:35 says that, “Jesus would arise early to meet with the Father.”

7. 2 Easy Ways to Measure Progress in Your Small Group True or False – Size matters? False - Real results are measured by the people within your group catching the vision for reproduction (multiplication) and they are excited by it.

8. True or False – Goals determine results True – Goals are as great as a leader.

9. Truth Key – God will determine the results within your group.

10. Success is About Relationships • God is in the relationship business. • Cultivating relationships is your primary calling and responsibility. • As you prepare each week ask God how can our group better cultivate good relationships in our groups and with the immediate circle of influence of each member of the group. • Plan events to cultivate relationships

11. When the people in your group just love spending time with each other and want to cultivate relationships with others success has occurred.

12. Success is Shared You as the Small Group Leader facilitate, God’s Spirit. As you facilitate your group you want to constantly make everyone aware of how significant their contribution to the group is. Look for group members that you can encourage on a spiritual level and it will become contagious.

13. Practical Exercise

14. Session 2 How to Effectively Multiply Your Small Group Creating a Community that Duplicates Itself Question: Name the most successful fast food company of all time? Why?

15. For many reasons churches tend to stop duplicating but God’s plan was never for this to happen. Rather, Jesus trained some men and then turned the future of the church over to them. He did this with a promise of course. The promise of the Holy Spirit and the promise that He would always be with us. These two promises we need to always keep on our minds

16. As a Small Group Leader no one is in a better position to recruit new leadership than you. Proverbs 11:14

17. In Order to Keep Your Small Group Vibrant You Need to Embrace Change Fellowship is Key! It is easy to get hooked on snacks and small talk. But, to keep your fellowship healthy you will need to move outside the box and invite the unsaved.

18. Think Large Keep it Small How does a Small Group Leader keep his or her group focused on the main thing? Repetition + Creative Ideas = Remembering

19. Example: Repetition Creative Idea

20. Moving Outside the Box Baptism Lord’s Supper We encourage praying for and visiting the sick and homebound.

21. Your small group is not just about Bible Study, Prayer and Multiplication. It’s also about building a missional minded community. As a leader encourage your group to look for new and unique ways to minister to the community.

22. Example

23. Listen to new ideas and never let preconceived ideas get in the way of ministry. Jesus was not Conventional!

24. Two books for further reading : Home Cell Group Explosion (How your small group can grow and multiply) Joel Comiskey Making Cell Groups Work – M. Scott Boren

25. Small Group Leader Training