Links & Resources

PDF Downloads: Below are some helpful resources to will help you start and lead an effective small group.

• How to Start a Home Fellowship
• 4 Components of a Small Group Worksheet
• Small Group Evaluation Worksheet
• Small Group Study Resources
• Small Group Covenant
• Inductive Bible Study Worksheet
• Serving in a Small Group
• Ministry Project Contacts
• Ministry Project Ideas
• Study Scope
• Gut Check Questions for Your Small Group
• 4 Stages of Spiritual Growth

Websites: Great sites to grow as a leader and find study material/resources.

• www.smallgroups.com: Resource Site for Groups
• www.purposedriven.com: Rick Warren's Church, Author of The Purpose Driven Life
• www.family.org: We Love Dr. Dobson
• www.willowcreek.org: Need We Say More?
• www.gospelcom.net: Small Group Publishers and Support Site
• www.equippingministries.org: Strengthening Your Ministry and Group
• www.lifetogether.com: Life Together Resources by Brett Eastman. Great DVD material for groups.
• resources.northpoint.org: Andy Stanley
• www.discipleshipjournal.com: A Great Help to Read Your Bible in a Year

Books

Growing as a leader is important to the overall ministry of small groups. These "must reads" for small group leaders offer practical direction for leading a small group and growing as a leader.

• Leading Life Changing Small Groups (Zondervan)
• Community that is Christian (Victor Books)
• The Big Book on Small Groups (IVP)
• Connecting: A Radical New Vision (Word)
• Nine Keys to Effective Group Leadership (Kingdom Publishers)
• Small Group Leaders Handbook for the Next Generation (IVP)
• How to Lead a Great Cell Group (Comiskey, Cell Group Resources)
• Servant Leaders (Blanchard/Hodges. Thomas Nelson Publishers)
• Making the Small Groups Work (Cloud/Townsend Zondervan Publishers)
• 8 Habits of Effective Small Group Leaders (Early Cell Group Resources)
• Leading From the Heart (Mack Cell Group Resources)
• My First Small Group Study: James. (www.livingword.org)