What do we mean when we talk about small groups? And more importantly: what do we expect to happen when people gather in this way? The small group that wrote this book—made up of current and former campus ministry professionals with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship—sees a small group as: a community that studies the Bible, prays and participates in God's mission together for the purposes of God's transforming work. Small groups are about transformation, and in this book transformation is given flesh and blood in the faces and names of the people you lead.
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J. Alex Kirk is the team leader for the Small Group Leaders' Handbook. He is on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Jay Anderson is a senior campus staff worker for InterVarsity at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He lives with his wife and kids in Eau Claire.
Myron Crockett was an InterVarsity staffworker for nine years at University of New Orleans and Tulane University. The former director of the Katrina Relief Urban Plunge, he is now a graduate student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife and daughter.
Tina Teng is an InterVarsity staffworker with Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, and a Harvard chaplain.
Úna Lucey-Lee is associate divisional director at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Southern California.
Janice McWiliams provides staff training and spiritual formation for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Sandra Van Opstal and her husband live in inner-city Chicago, where she directs InterVarsity’s Urban Program. She leads the Urbana Student Mission Conference worship team and serves on the national leadership team for the Latino ministry La Fe.
Jay Anderson is a senior campus staff worker for InterVarsity at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He lives with his wife and kids in Eau Claire.
Myron Crockett was an InterVarsity staffworker for nine years at University of New Orleans and Tulane University. The former director of the Katrina Relief Urban Plunge, he is now a graduate student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife and daughter.
Tina Teng is an InterVarsity staffworker with Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, and a Harvard chaplain.
Úna Lucey-Lee is associate divisional director at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Southern California.
Janice McWiliams provides staff training and spiritual formation for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Sandra Van Opstal and her husband live in inner-city Chicago, where she directs InterVarsity’s Urban Program. She leads the Urbana Student Mission Conference worship team and serves on the national leadership team for the Latino ministry La Fe.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid information on doing campus small groups,
By Randall G. Neighbour (Houston, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Small Group Leaders' Handbook: Developing Transformational Communities (Paperback)
This is a good book! I doubt anyone would read it and disagree with what the authors wrote about small group ministry (all seven of them!). But you need to know three things before buying it:
1. It's written from a college campus ministry perspective. All the stories are based on college or university life and doing groups with college-aged students. I didn't realize this when I ordered the book, but it's from IVP (Intervarsity Press) and that should have been my first clue that it might not have a lot of stuff inside about working with older people, children, and so forth. 2. I did not discover anything new in it that I haven't read elsewhere, but the reinforcement was excellent. 3. This is evidently the third edition of the book, so you may have read it before with another title or cover. The copyright page did not specifically state when the other editions were released. Throughout the book, the authors reiterate that small groups must be transformational for the members and the leader or it's a waste of time and energy. They highlight the need for the group to remain evangelistic (reaching friends for Christ through relationships and dialog about God) and missional (working as a group to selflessly minister to others in the community). What it does not provide is information about integrating children into group life or how to motivate middle aged people to join a group from your church, etc. I do hope this review helps you make a decision on whether to buy the book or not. I don't think you'd be disappointed, but then again I don't think you'd say, "This is the most groundbreaking and profound book on small groups I've ever read!" (those are the kinds of books that earn five stars in my rating system).
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