About Me
Chris is a ministry consultant and coach with over twenty years of experience serving the local church...
The Leadership Line
One of our ongoing discussions when it comes to group life is – how high do you set the bar for leadership? If you set the bar too high, you will automatically weed out potential leaders who just need a chance to be tapped on the shoulder. If you set the bar too low, you
From Sign Up To Show Up
Like a lot of you that are reading this post, we are in the middle of ramping up for our winter semester groups launch in just a few weeks. Our winter Kick-Off is extremely important for us because January is normally our largest growth month for the church. People have made their resolutions and have
Multi-Site Groups part 2
You can read part 1 here. One of the most difficult questions with groups and multi-site is – how do you structure a groups system that works on several campuses with different personalities? Although each of our campuses share a common DNA, there are innate differences that come with geographical distance. For instance: our Nashville
Multisite Groups
Community is messy. Community in a multi-site church is messier. I have spent the last 12 years on staff at churches with multiple campuses (Seacoast and Cross Point), and the overall lesson that I have learned is that every issue churches normally have, you can multiply it exponentially when you go multisite. Everything is more
Fun Friday (new leader edition)
In continuing the new leader theme, here is an email that I sent out to our leaders at the beginning of one of our semesters. I’m A New Leader: What Now? If you’re a new community group leader, you might be starting to panic a little right now. The groups kick-off has come and gone
How We Got To 80% – part 5 (New Leaders)
With this post, I am going to give a very broad look at the process we have developed for new community group leaders. This is somewhat different from what it looks like for our Host Groups. Interview – The first step after we have identified a potential new leader is an interview with the new
10 Myths About Groups
I want to dispel a few popular myths that exist about small groups: Groups are for everyone – all of the time. It’s ok for people to take breaks from group life occasionally. Even Jesus retreated away from his small group from time-to-time. Home groups are always better than Sunday School. I think that Sunday
How We Got To 80% – part 4 (Curriculum)
This week I am continuing the series of how we got over 80% of our adults in community groups. You can read part 1, part 2, & part 3. One of the scariest thoughts for a new leader is “what should our study be?”. It should also be something that group pastors/directors take very seriously. The
How We Got To 80% – part 3
The area of groups that we have probably experimented with the most is the connection process. After trying several different approaches, what we have discovered is – all of the above. There is not a “one size fits all” method to moving people from the crowd to homes. What works perfectly for your typical extrovert,
How We Got To 80% – part 2
I grew up in Houston, so we would occasionally make the drive through Louisiana on our way east. There’s a stretch over the swamps on I-10 that advertises the next exit is something like 25 miles. I remember seeing that sign as a kid and immediately panicking as I quickly thought through every drink that I had consumed since
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