Small Groups in the Church

Thomas G. Kirkpatrick

doi:10.5771/9781566996327

Small Groups in the Church

A Handbook for Creating Community

Published 1995

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doi.org/10.5771/9781566996327
ISBN print: 978-1-56699-151-3
ISBN online: 978-1-56699-632-7
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Zusammenfassung

This planning and leader training handbook offers a distinctive broad-based, small-group approach to building community. From the Jewish havurot to Christian koinonia, you will gain a thorough understanding of community, learn how to plan an effective small-group ministry, how to select and train leaders for all kinds of small groups, and how to start small groups that are a part of and not apart from their congregations. Appendices provide an overview of the sociological, psychological, and biblical theological literature on community and a wealth of presentation and leader training resources.

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Preface
1–30 SECTION 1: The Context 1–30
- CHAPTER 1: The Possibility of Community
- CHAPTER 2: Creating Christian Community through Small Groups
31–50 SECTION 2: The Planning 31–50
51–86 SECTION 3: The Training 51–86
- CHAPTER 6: Training Potential Small-Group Leaders
87–96 SECTION 4: The Expansion 87–96
- CHAPTER 7: Inaugurating New Small Groups
97–100 APPENDIX A: An Overview of Effective Small-Group Leadership 97–100
101–103 APPENDIX B: Leadership Style Inventory 101–103
104–110 APPENDIX C: Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective Small-Group Discussion Leaders 104–110
111–112 APPENDIX D: Developing a Supportive Group Climate 111–112
113–116 APPENDIX E: "Sharing Questions" for Building a Supportive Group Climate 113–116
117–119 APPENDIX F: Suggestions for Facilitating Member Participation 117–119
120–122 APPENDIX G: The Inductive Method of Group Discussion 120–122
123–124 APPENDIX H: Selected Study Resources 123–124
125–126 APPENDIX I: Starting New Groups 125–126
127–136 NOTES 127–136
137–144 BIBLIOGRAPHY 137–144

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