October 5th, 2010 
alandanielson Originally posted 09-01-2009. Reposted 10-05-2010. ———————————- Online Small Groups Part 2 Great news: you don’t have to be a 9,000+ member church and have a crack Web developement team to have online groups! A church that thinks they have to build their own software or applications for online groups is like a church that thinks [...]
October 4th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 08-30-2009. Reposted 10-04-2010. ——————————————————————- Online Small Groups PART 1 A friend of mine and I started an online small group and it’s an incredible experience! In a very short time it has become one of my favorite hours of the week. Thanks to the internet and webcam technology small groups are no longer [...]
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, [...]
January 27th, 2010 alandanielson This week Rick Howerton, National Director of Events and Training for Serendipity by LifeWay made me aware of The Summit: A Convergence of Small Group Experts. In case you’re wondering, this 90 minute event is absolutely worth your time! The panel is made up of a “who’s who of small group ministry” (listed below). I’m [...]
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No Comments » September 2nd, 2009 admin Today I’m honored to have a guest blogger: Dana Byers. Dana and her husband founded Blue Door Ministries with the goal of reaching people online with the love of Jesus. I met Dana and Chris while I was on staff at LifeChurch.tv and in my opinion they are two of the world’s leading thinkers when it [...]
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 » June 12th, 2009 admin by Dave Treat In 1776, not all Englishmen were distracted by the rebellious colonists across the pond. That was the year a few innovators laid cast iron bars on timber ties to create a “railway.” Someone got the bright idea of using a steam engine (instead of horses) to pull passengers in a carriage, and [...]
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