August 30th, 2009 
alandanielson This is a re-post from my old blog, but I thought is was timely so I’m posting it again as new. ——————————— Small groups inevitabely get a little stale. Group boredom is a death sentence. Even if your group isn’t stale right now, it probably will be sometime in the future. Many times groups think [...]
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No Comments » August 29th, 2009 alandanielson Last night I spoke at the Tracy, California 40 Days of Love campaign kick off event and was amazed. Hundreds and hundreds of Christ-Followers from churches of every denomination imaginable came together to love God, love one another, and love their community. It was a snapshot of what it will be like to be in [...]
Posted in Special Tags: 40, california, campaign, changed, days, evangelsim, lives, love, of, Preaching, Speaking, tracy 2 Comments » August 28th, 2009 alandanielson Tonight I’m speaking in Tracy, California at a “40 Days of Love” campaign kickoff event. Around 20 churches are involved and I’m overwhelmed with a burden for these churches and this city. Tracy has experienced conciderable trouble over the last year. A young girl’s murdered body was found in a suitcase. A 15-year-old boy escaped [...]
Posted in Special Tags: 40, abuse, california, campaign, contradiction, days, Evangelism, group, groups, hope, love, of, Preaching, small, Speaking, suitcase, tracy 1 Comment » August 27th, 2009 alandanielson This week’s “Small Group Bite” podcast addresses the questions surrounding how large a small group should be. The answer may not be quite what you’d expect. Here’s how you get the mp3 podcast file: Go to the iTunes store and click “subscribe” (Please rate the podcast and write a review) Subscribe to the RSS Feed. Click Here to download [...]
August 26th, 2009 alandanielson I’m about to make someone a millionaire. Recently I’ve written about ChurchTeams and Monvee as spiritual growth tools for your church. The problem is that they don’t “learn”.* Here’s what I mean. If I complete the spiritual assessment and find that patience is my greatest spiritual vulnerability I’ll be given resources to help me become [...]
Posted in Spiritual Growth Tags: algorithm, church, churches, churchteams, custom, customized, Discipleship, disciplines, formation, individualized, monvee, specialized, spiritual, teams 2 Comments » August 25th, 2009 alandanielson Last time I wrote about ChurchTeams and Monvee which provide customized spiritual growth tracks for people. Imagine if everyone in your church completed one of these assessments. What if you took the spiritual pulse of everyone in your congregation in January 2010 and found that on average your people need help with doctrine, mission, and [...]
Posted in Spiritual Growth Tags: church, churches, churchteams, custom, customized, Discipleship, disciplines, formation, individualized, monvee, specialized, spiritual, teams No Comments » August 24th, 2009 alandanielson Churches tend to offer discipleship programs that are “one-size-fits-all”. Sadly, since most people don’t want to be pigeon-holed these discipleship programs become “one-size-fits-none”. To really help people grow spiritually, we need to provide discipleship tracks that custom fit the individual. There are two products I’ve encountered that are providing individual-specific spiritual development. First is [...]
Posted in Spiritual Growth Tags: church, churches, churchteams, custom, customized, Discipleship, disciplines, formation, individualized, monvee, specialized, spiritual, teams 4 Comments » August 21st, 2009 alandanielson This is a repost from May 29, 2009 on my old blog. So many people liked it I decided to re-post it again for my new readers. —————————— Any Church Can EASILY Make Their Own Online Leader Training! Keep reading to learn how. While I was at LifeChurch.tv we were able to develop online training [...]
Posted in Leadership, Small Groups Tags: affordable, decentralized, exchange, group, groups, leader, online, simple, small, smallgroupexchange, survey, Training, zoomerang 7 Comments » August 20th, 2009 alandanielson I’ve got a crazy busy day today so I wasn’t planning on blogging at all, but I came accross this video and it absolutely cracked me up! I just had to share it. Enjoy!
August 19th, 2009 alandanielson Today’s new “Small Group Bite” podcast was inspired by a question that came to my inbox from a guy named Chad. Be sure to subscribe at iTunes or RSS feed. Here’s how you get the mp3 podcast file: Go to the iTunes store and click “subscribe” (Please rate the podcast and write a review) Subscribe to the RSS [...]
