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Activate: An Entirely New Approach To Small Groups (2008)

by Nelson Searcy(Favorite Author)
3.88 of 5 Votes: 5
ISBN
0830745661 (ISBN13: 9780830745661)
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English
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Regal
review 1: This was a really helpful and practical book. It's not about the theology of small groups or the reasons to have small groups. This book has a great deal of helpful information. I would recommend forcing yourself to read beyond the first section if you find things that you don't agree with in the 12 big ideas. The best part of this book is in the focus, form, fill, facilitate model. If you run a small group ministry and are struggling with the how and not so much the why, Activate will certainly provide you with some helpful ideas.
review 2: This book's main premise is that the most effective system for small groups in the church is to have short-term, semester-based, closed groups. They suggest offering three semesters a year with a strategic plan to follow ea
... morech month of the semesters.I really liked a lot of what they had to say. VVCC is currently doing some of what is described, but it would be a hard sell to do a complete shift to completely following what is outlined. less
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mizraybae
Nuts and bolts of small group ministry
Dora
Reading with a grain of salt.
Nightlightknight
Good ideas. VERY redundant.
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