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Small groups are a big deal
Unfiltered: Real Church Planting Conversations
English - October 02, 2018 06:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture church planting lee stephenson danny parmelee church planting podcast church planting resources church planting training Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Church planting leaders Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee discuss the roles small groups should play in the life of a church plant.
0:50 Danny shares how small groups were an important part of his church plant from the beginning
4:25 Danny talks about how he dealt with people who wanted something different taught in their small group
6:50 Danny discusses how he handled small group multiplication
9:15 Lee and Danny say that at their churches it was the responsibility of small group leaders to grow their group, not the church
11:15 Danny talks about how he created accountability with his small groups and leaders
12:40 Danny discusses the process of creating the small group curriculum
15:00 Danny talks about what he would have done differently
16:00 Danny and Lee share what classes their churches offered as small group alternatives
20:00 Danny and Lee talk about the different ways to handle child care during small groups
22:25 Lee and Danny discuss the advantages of sermon-based small groups
26:00 Lee and Danny say they gave small group leaders freedom on how to run the group