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Leading Life-Changing Small Groups: Audio Lectures: 8 Sessions for Growing a Small-Group Ministry
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Leading Life-Changing Small Groups: Audio Lectures: 8 Sessions for Growing a Small-Group Ministry

by Bill Donahue

Narrated by Bill Donahue

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Leading Life-Changing Small Groups: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well a… Read more…

The Irresistible Community: An Invitation to Life Together

The Irresistible Community: An Invitation to Life Together

by Henry Cloud and Bill Donahue

We all want a place where our stories matter, our voices are heard, our uniqueness is celebrated, our failures are embraced, and our hopes are unleashed. That kind of deep, life-changing community was modeled perfectly by Jesus and the ragged bunch of disciples with whom he chose to spend his time. But how can we create it in our lives?Using the relationship… Read more…

Making Your Small Group Work Participant's Guide

Making Your Small Group Work Participant's Guide

by Henry Cloud and Bill Donahue

Whether you’re a new or seasoned group leader, or whether your group is well-established or just getting started, this four-session video-based Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately) will lead you and your group together to a remarkable new closeness and effectiveness. Designed to foster healthy group interaction and facilitate maximum growth,… Read more…

Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders: A Comprehensive Guide for Developing Leaders of Groups and   Teams

Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders: A Comprehensive Guide for Developing Leaders of Groups and Teams

by Bill Donahue and Greg Bowman

Like nothing else, small groups have the power to change lives. They are the ideal route to discipleship—a place where the rubber of biblical truth meets the road of human relationships. However, church leaders often feel at a loss when it comes to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of group life in a church, and they struggle with understanding and so… Read more…

Leading Life-Changing Small Groups

Leading Life-Changing Small Groups

by Bill Donahue

Like nothing else, small groups have the power to change lives. They are the ideal route to discipleship—a place where the rubber of biblical truth meets the road of human relationships. However, church leaders often feel at a loss when it comes to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of group life in a church, and they struggle with understanding and so… Read more…

Building a Life-Changing Small Group Ministry: A Strategic Guide for Leading Group Life in Your Church

Building a Life-Changing Small Group Ministry: A Strategic Guide for Leading Group Life in Your Church

by Bill Donahue and Russ G. Robinson

Like nothing else, small groups have the power to change lives. They are the ideal route to discipleship—a place where the rubber of biblical truth meets the road of human relationships. However, church leaders often feel at a loss when it comes to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of group life in a church, and they struggle with understanding and so… Read more…

Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry: A Troubleshooting Guide for Church Leaders

Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry: A Troubleshooting Guide for Church Leaders

by Bill Donahue and Russ G. Robinson

Assessment and solution for seven commonobstacles to building small groups.It’s one thing to start a small group ministry. It’s another tokeep the groups in your church healthy and headed in thesame direction. Whatever your church’s approach maybe—whether it is a church with groups or of groups—sooner or later, as a leader, you’ll need to do some… Read more…

Walking the Small Group Tightrope: Meeting the Challenges Every Group Faces

Walking the Small Group Tightrope: Meeting the Challenges Every Group Faces

by Bill Donahue and Russ G. Robinson

Six Ways to Improve Your Balance as a Group LeaderLeading a successful small group is like walking a tightrope. You traverse a taut, exciting line, balancing the dynamic tensions characteristic of every group. Drawing from the concept of “polarity management,” Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson help you understand and deal with six dynamic areas every group … Read more…

Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders: A Practical Guide for Those Who Lead and Shepherd Small Group Leaders

Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders: A Practical Guide for Those Who Lead and Shepherd Small Group Leaders

by Bill Donahue and Greg Bowman

Small groups transform churches—and lives. Small group leaders often feel the weight of shepherding their members. But who shepherds the shepherd? And what are the best ways to provide that support and guidance? These are the questions answered in Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders. When you’re called to coach a small group leader in your church,… Read more…

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

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

by Bill Donahue, Bill Search and Bill Willits

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 sm… Read more…

Organic Community (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith): Creating a Place Where People Naturally Connect

Organic Community (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith): Creating a Place Where People Naturally Connect

by Randy Frazee, Joseph R. Myers and Bill Donahue

Community is a fundamental life search and one of the key aspects people look for in a congregation. But community can't be forced, controlled, or easily created. The problem, says Joseph R. Myers, is that churches are too focused on developing programs instead of concentrating on environments where community will spontaneously emerge.Organic Community c… Read more…