Originally posted June 24, 2009. Reposted September 6, 2010 There’s a debate going in the church world right now about “Attractional” ministry and “Missional” ministry. The debate is nothing new, but here’s my attempt at simplifying and understanding the debate (some of you may think I’m over-simplifying). “Attractional” reflects the mindset that capitalizes on the [...]
Small Groups
Attractional vs. Missional…why the debate?
September 6th, 2010 
alandanielson 
Posted in Mission, Small Groups 
Tags: attractional, debate, group, groups, Missional/Outwardness, relevance, small 
6 Comments »Alienated By Your Bias
September 2nd, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted July 20, 2009. Reposted September 2, 2010. —————————————————————————— Small Groups are primarily about growing in three areas: our relationship with Christ (discipleship), our relationship with one another (community), and our relationship with the world (mission). I say “primarily” because these are the three things that most small group leaders and pastors tend to [...]
Posted in Leadership, Small Groups Tags: bias, group, groups, leaders, Leadership, small No Comments »Click Clique
September 1st, 2010 alandanielson It’s important for people in a small group to “click” but it’s destructive if they “clique”. Here’s what I mean: one of Satan’s sneakiest strategies is to take God’s beautiful creations and pervert them. Relationships are no exception. Satan wishes to distort them, make them ugly and divisive. Relationships are perverted in this way when [...]
A Book You MUST Read!
August 26th, 2010 alandanielson The book, Missional Small Groups by Scott Boren is one of my new favorites! As most of my readers know, I’m an unusual figure in the small group movement because I’m not overly passionate about Bible studies, prayer or fellowship. Rather, I’m most passionate about small groups being on mission! As such, this book is [...]
A Group Pastor’s Dream Job!
August 25th, 2010 alandanielson If you’re a looking for a great small group/discipleship position at a church (or you know someone who is), this post is for you! There’s a fantastic church in Morristown, NJ looking for a new Spiritual Growth Pastor. Liquid Church, led by founding pastor Tim Lucas, is just a short train ride from the heart of [...]
Prayer Cancer Death
July 29th, 2010 alandanielson A small group I know decided they wanted to do more than take up all the parking in the neighborhood where they met. They decided to go to every home in the neighborhood and say, “We pray for every household in this edition. Is there any way you’d like us to pray for you specifically?” [...]
Small Group Tip Sheets
July 20th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted July 29, 2009. Reposted July 20, 2010 ———————————————————————- I’ve had some great opportunities to help develop small group tools for the churches I’ve worked in over the last few years. Many times people have asked if these resources were available without any terminology specific to a given church (i.e. LifeGroups, Journey Groups, etc.). Well [...]
Small Groups and Movies – FREE STUFF
July 8th, 2010 alandanielson Today I’m honored to have a guest blogger: Darren Currin. Darren is the person who writes the small group curriculum for LifeChurch.tv. I’ll let Darren describe his role to you. —————————————————– Let’s face it. Summer can be a difficult time for small group ministries. Most group leaders and attendees are distracted with vacations, the kids being [...]
ROAR!!!
July 5th, 2010 alandanielson Last week I was introduced to a cool product for churches called R04R, which is a creative spelling of the word “roar”. R04R is a customizable smart phone app for churches, that is packed full of features. I’m not affiliated with R04R, and they are not sponsoring me in any way, I just like [...]
Online Groups, Take ‘em or Leave ‘em!
June 23rd, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 07-24-2009. Reposted 06-23-2010. ——————————————————————– There’s something I don’t get about the online small groups debate: I don’t get why it’s being debated. People argue that people need physical touch, eye contact, proximity etc. for a real community experience. Yes, it is a proven fact that all of those play a part in human interaction, [...]
