Simple Small Groups: A User-Friendly Guide for Small Group Leaders (Paperback)

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A"What I like most about Simple Small Groups is its smart fusion between philosophy and practice. This is neither a dense, theological treatment, nor a simplistic how-to manual. Rather, it's the best of both."Jason Malec, director of Starting Point, North Pt. Ministries

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Over the past two decades, small groups have gone from spontaneous gatherings among friends to a major and elaborate phenomenon in the church. Many evangelical churches have some form of small groups ministry in place. But there's just one problem, says Bill Search--what started as a simple get-together has become a complicated process, especially for small group leaders. They are often not sure what is expected of them or what to expect from their groups as a result of their efforts. In Simple Small Groups, Search lays out the three C's of small groups--connecting, changing, and cultivating. This paradigm helps to simplify leading small groups in a way that is helpful, rewarding, and life changing. Unlike many other books geared toward small group leaders, Simple Small Groups does not require a church-wide adoption of an intricately designed system of assimilation, making it useful to any small group leader looking for guidance.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Baker Books (September 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801071534
• ISBN-13: 978-0801071539
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #247,845 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Developing Leaders!, October 8, 2008

By	Mark C. Howell (Southern California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Looking for leader training ideas? Simple Small Groups: A User-Friendly Guide for Small Group Leaders, newly released by Baker Books and written by Bill Search, a veteran small group practitioner, is a great new resource designed to make effective small group ministry simple.

Rather than over-complicate the subject, Search isolates three simple and essential ingredients that every effective group must have, identifies them with a single word, and then proceeds to explain the role played by each of them. The best part? He goes on to flesh out the nuts and bolts of how it works.

There are a number of really helpful sections. My favorite aspect is that each section concludes with a diagnostic set of questions to help determine what your next step is in the development of each essential component. I can easily see this getting a lot of use!

If you're like me, you're looking for resources that are about how it can be better. Simple Small Groups: A User-Friendly Guide for Small Group Leaders is one of those.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unclear title, September 30, 2009

By	Owen Winkler "ringmaster" (Downingtown, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This could very well be a great book, but it is very poorly titled. The book does concern itself with groups, but not with generic groups. Rather, it specifically is concerned with church groups. Assuming that this was a book about groups told from the perspective of someone with some incidental experience organizing church groups, I was disappointed to learn that this book is about church groups exclusively, even though the reviews and description don't explicitly say so. Be warned if that's not what you are looking for.