Small Groups for the Rest of Us, Chris Surratt
Small Groups for the Rest of Us, Chris Surratt
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Small Groups for the Rest of Us
How to Design Your Small Groups System to Reach the Fringes

Author: Chris Surratt

Narrator: Alan Crookham

Unabridged: 4 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 03/21/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Most churches in America struggle to have a significant percentage of their adult attendance in small groups. According to recent research done by Lifeway Research, only “33 percent of churchgoers attend classes or groups for adults (such as Sunday school, Bible study, small groups, or Adult Bible Fellowships) four or more times in a typical month. Fourteen percent attend two or three times a month.”Life transformation happens best within the context of community, so if a church is going to be intentional about discipleship they have to develop on-ramps to small groups that reach people on the fringes and beyond. If we continue to offer small groups to the normal church attenders, a majority of the people who show up to church are never reached.Pastors, church staff and small group leaders are trying to figure out how to make small groups work in their church and they don’t know how. Small Groups For The Rest Of Us gives them practical, proven strategies on moving people from the fringes into biblically based communities.Reflection questions are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on November 14, 2019

Since we don't yet have small groups in our small congregation, I thought this book would be a good read to help us get going in that direction. There are some great points and ideas that I found but most of the book is based on a large multi-site ministry with a well established system of small gro......more

Goodreads review by Tom Johnson on October 02, 2017

Practical insights from one of today's premier group builders.......more

Goodreads review by Anita on July 10, 2021

Practical concepts on how to structure small groups to focus on community and discipleship.......more

Goodreads review by Adam on November 30, 2015

Surratt's book was good for a number of reasons. Primary among them for myself was that Surratt is a pastor at a multi-site church in a very transient community (Nashville). This made his text immediately more relateable than a number of others on the subject. Surratt's wisdom comes from a long care......more

Goodreads review by Joe on May 20, 2016

[URL not allowed] Today I completed another book on my reading list! As a groups pastor I always add in several books on researching ideas, strategies, suggestions on ways to continue to tweak small group systems. Over the years I have learned a lot from others in this area and......more