Transcript 301 - Leadership of Small Group Class 5 Foundation of Small Groups.

301 - Leadership of Small Group
Class 5
Foundation of Small Groups
Diamond Life
Foundation of
Small Groups
"Day after day, in the temple courts and
from house to house, they never stopped
teaching and proclaiming the good news
that Jesus is the Christ"
(Acts 5:42 NIV)
Foundation of Small Groups
Small Group ministry follows the biblical pattern of
shared Leadership.
Exodus 18:25-26
Foundation of Small Groups
Small Group ministry follows the biblical pattern
of shared Responsibility.
Nehemiah 2:17-18
Foundation of Small Groups
Small Group ministry follows the biblical pattern of
Praying together.
Matthew 18:19-20
Foundation of Small Groups
Small Group ministry follows the biblical
pattern of the church being a Family.
Foundation of Small Groups
Small Group ministry follows the biblical pattern of
Mentoring others.
Mark 3:13-15
Foundation of Small Groups
Small Group ministry follows the biblical pattern of
allowing every member to be a Minister (Body
ministry).
I Cor. 12:11-14
Foundation of Small Groups
Small Group ministry follows a solid biblical pattern
of Evangelism and outreach.
Matthew 10:5-6
Leading a Small Group
Foundation of Small Groups
Leading a Small Group
"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the
fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer…Selling
their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had
need…Every day they continued to meet together in the temple
courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with
glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor
of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily
those who were being saved" (Acts 2:42, 45, 46-47 NIV)
Leading a Small Group
Welcome-"You to me"- (20-25 minutes)
Worship-"Us to God"-(10-15 minutes)
"Speak to one another with psalms, hymns,
and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in
your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks
to God the Father for everything, in the
name of
Leading a Small Group
Word-"God to us"-(30-40 minutes)
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and
admonish one another with all with all wisdom, and as you
sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your
hearts to God" (Colossians 3:16 NIV).
Leading a Small Group
Works-"God through us"-(20-25 minutes)
"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come
upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the
uttermost part of the earth" (Acts 1:8 KJV).