April 13th, 2011 
alandanielson Originally posted 04-05-2010. Reposted 04-13-2011. ——————————————————————– I met a missionary from South America a number of years ago in the hall at a conference. Sadly, I can’t remember his name or the South American country where he serves. But I do remember our conversation. It stuck with me and has served me well for a [...]
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Tags: Bible Study, Small Group Curriculum, Small Groups 
13 Comments » March 23rd, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted 03-15-2010. Reposted 03-23-2011. —————————————————————— I only started working a lot with small groups 5 years ago. Since then I’ve learned a ton about small groups and I’ve been blessed with a large network of friends in the small group ministry world. I’ve learned there are tons of different approaches and models for small [...]
Posted in Small Groups, Spiritual Growth Tags: denominations, Discipleship, division, factions, Small Groups, Unity 3 Comments » February 16th, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted 02-04-2010. Reposted 02-16-2011 —————————————————————— At the end of this post I’ve listed some statistics related to pornography that I found online. What these stats clearly say to me is this: whether anyone wants to admit it or not, people in your small group are struggling with pornography. This is why I’m a huge [...]
Posted in Character, Small Groups, Spiritual Growth Tags: Accountability, addiction, Christians and porn, porn, porn addiction, pornography, small group, Small Groups, X3 watch, X3watch 3 Comments » October 7th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 09-04-2009. Reposted 10-07-2010 ——————————— Online Small Groups Part 4 All week I’ve posted about online small groups and today I’ll share some concluding thoughts for the series. Online Groups Aren’t All That Different. vPeople seem to think there’s a huge difference between online groups and face-to-face groups. Really, thanks to technology, there’s very [...]
Posted in Small Groups Tags: ideas, ministry, Online Small Groups, Resources, Small Groups, strategy, tips 1 Comment » October 6th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 09-03-2009. Reposted 10-06-2010. ——————————— Online Small Groups Part 3 In my opinion, the debate about whether or not online groups work is over conclusively. The question now is “How can we incorporate online groups into our church’s regular small group strategy?” At LifeChurch.tv online groups were part of our strategy, but this isn’t [...]
Posted in Small Groups Tags: ideas, ministry, Online Small Groups, Resources, Small Groups, strategy, tips 1 Comment » February 3rd, 2010 alandanielson There are 3 reasons you really shouldn’t want your pastors to be in your small group: Your pastors might be too transparent, and you’ll be offended that they let people see too many of their flaws. Your pastors might not be transparent enough, and you’ll be offended that they are holding back. Your pastors might [...]
