Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership: How Lay Leaders Can Establish Dynamic and Healthy Cells, Classes, or Teams

by Carl F. George, Warren Bird, Robert E. Coleman

Increase your effectiveness as a small-group leader! Don't just have meetings -propel your group to a new level of teamwork and fruitfulness for Christ. Learn and apply the simple truths of Scripture illustrated in these nine keys in order to utilize and open the doors. These nine keys will make a lasting impact in your small group.

Genres: Leadership

216 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

Reviews

[Ken Peters · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm amazed how much I liked a 30-year old book to do with church methodology! This book did not feel outdated. As Carl George explained the "Nine Keys," he took turns mentioning "the church of the future" as well as the early church in Acts, making the small group principles in this book feel fairly durable. And the various other books I've read on church small groups have focused almost exclusively on either the care component, or on being evangelistic, but never both. What I loved about this book is that Carl George very persuasively stressed how both can be achieved in a complementary way, which is exactly what I want to see in our church. Why should one be sacrificed for the other in a world in which people are starving for community?

[Abbie Liu · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Useful and practical.
- Easy to read and understand.
- I’ve referred to many of the suggestions already.
- Perfect For the regular lay person.

[Robert Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

An oldie but a goodie, Carl George’s Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership is still one of the very best resources out there for small group leaders. Check out a preview of his nine keys below… then buy copies of the book for each of your leaders.

Here are the nine keys:

Connect: Build a strong link with the pastoral staff
Recruit: Keep your leadership nucleus fresh and growing
Invite: Cultivate a larger contact group through enthusiasm and care
Prepare: Tailor a plan that you prayerfully personalize to your group and apprentices
Meet: Convene your group in such a way that people genuinely experience the Body of Christ
Bring: Help each group member appreciate the whole church through larger corporate worship
Serve: Make time to serve needs in and beyond the group
Win: Initiate the kind of outreach that makes Christ to people
Seek: Experience the renewal of God’s strength as you regularly meet with Him in secret