 | Building a Church of Small Groups: A Place Where Nobody Stands Alone by Bill Donahue
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $4.33 In the early 90s, Willow Creek Community Church launched an initiative that over the course of a decade built a church OF small groups. This is the book that shares many of the principles that made it possible. If you're serious about building a healthy small group ministry, this book is indispensable.
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 | Leading Life-Changing Small Groups by Bill Donahue
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $2.00 No matter what method you use to recruit small group leaders, you will need to train them. This is an essential resource if you want to build an environment where leaders are developed.
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 | Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders: A Practical Guide for Those Who Lead and Shepherd Small Group Leaders by Bill Donahue
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $7.20 Prior to launching a small group ministry, you will want to begin building a coaching structure that can sustain what you launch. Although the idea of coaching has been around for awhile, few resources match Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders for its breadth and depth.
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 | Prepare Your Church for the Future by Carl George
Buy new: $22.00 / Used from: $0.01 In many ways, this book launched the American small group movement. Reading it will fill in some gaps and enable a better understanding of the structures that will sustain small group ministry.
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 | Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership: How Lay Leaders Can Establish Dynamic and Healthy Cells, Classes, or Teams by Carl George
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $8.40 Carl George's Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership is an excellent companion to Donahue's Leading Life Changing Small Groups. As you build your small group ministry you'll always be looking for what's next. This book will help you build it right.
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 | The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups by Joseph R. Myers
Buy new: $11.89 / Used from: $1.54 Although Myers' conclusions are challenging, this is an essential book if you're interested in truly understanding the challenges of building a church where no one stands alone. Don't read it first, but be sure and read it!
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 | Creating Community: Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture by Andy Stanley
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $4.98 Building on the learnings developed at Willow Creek and Saddleback, Andy Stanley's Northpoint has both reinforced some core principles and innovated to explore some new possibilities. As always, there is a keen understanding of the importance of strategy and simplicity.
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 | Activate: An Entirely New Approach to Small Groups by Nelson Searcy
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $7.25 Searcy's book gives a very detailed understanding of how to implement a semester-based group strategy. It's not for everyone, but as a method of renewing small group energy in your church, this is a good addition to the library.
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 | Simple Small Groups: A User-Friendly Guide for Small Group Leaders by Bill Search
Buy new: $11.19 / Used from: $0.99 Bill Search is a practitioner. This is not theory. Simple Small Groups will give you some great ideas for developing leaders.
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 | Sticky Church (Leadership Network Innovation Series) by Larry Osborne
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $7.71 Sticky Church will give you a great understanding of a sermon-based group system. While sermon-based group strategies rarely function effectively as outreach vehicles, if you're looking primarily for a way to help the people you already have get connected, this is a very good package.
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