A vision for small groups
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A vision for small groups
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I want you to right down on a piece of paper what you think a small group is for.
1. What do you do, or think you do in a small group?
2. When you think of small groups do you see it as a side ministry of the church or the very structure of the church (what the body is built on.)
3. A small group can be_______ What are the possibilities?
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In a Gallup survey they found that most people in America have these 6 needs:
1. To believe life is meaningful and has a purpose (Col 3:17)
2. To have a sense of community and deeper relationships (Heb 10:24,25)
3. To be appreciated and respected (Eph 4:32)
4. To be listened to and heard (Phil 2:3)
5. To grow in faith (Rom 10:17)
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To receive practical help in developing a mature faith (Eph 4:16)
The sad part is that 70% of those surveyed said the church was not meeting those needs.
Yet these are needed to make disciples!
These are all met in small groups.
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Time for sharing
What have small groups been and done for you?
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8 boxes that will mess up growthBox 1 small thinkingNo start thinking biggerBox 2 Sunday Only7 day a week churchBox 3 One worship timeBreak out of amoeba thinkingBox 4 The church is a buildingNo the church is a bodyBox 5 Elder-controlled Ministries
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Give people real ministry responsibility
Box 6 Boards are bad Let leaders leadBox 6 Super stars
No there are no superstars we partner together
Box 7 Little faith
No we use our gifts and think big
Box 8 The 7 last words of a church
We’ve ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _____
We’ve never done it that way before
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John 13:14 “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. NKJV
John 13:34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. NKJV
Rom 12:10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; NKJV
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Gal 5:13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. NKJV
Gal 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. NKJV
Eph 4:2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, NKJV
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Col 3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. NKJV
Gal 5:26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. NKJV
Gal 5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! NKJV
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1Thess 4:9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; NKJV
1Thess 5:11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing. NKJV
1Pet 4:9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. NKJV
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1Pet 4:10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. NKJV
1John 3:23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. NKJV
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