When shuffling through my small group library a few weeks back, I came across my copy of “The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry”. When I noticed it on the shelf, I muttered something to the extent of “I’m still not sure why I purchased that book?” You see, when I first looked at it over a year ago, I said “well that was a waste of money… we have all of those issues covered!” I then placed it under a few more trendy titles that appealed to the eye and were not as hard hitting.Much to my dismay, a year later and I picked the book up for a quick browse and I can easily identify areas that we have slipped, or sinned if you will. In virtually all seven areas that the book has addressed, we have room for improvement to some degree. Of course I don’t feel we have completely missed the mark or failed in any certain area, but sin is sin and sometimes you just need to deal with it.
So here is a running list of the “Seven Deadly Sins” we will address over the next 7 weeks for which you can subscribe for updates on or just tune in Monday’s for the next area to be addressed.
• Unclear Ministry Objectives
• Lack of Point Leadership
• Poor Coaching Structures
• Neglect of Ongoing Leadership Development
• Closed Group Mind-Set
• Narrow Definition of a Small Group
• Neglect of the Assimilation Process
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I am looking forward to what you have to say about each "sin."
There is always room for improvement.
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