Leading Small Groups That Thrive: Five Shifts to Take Your Group to the Next Level

Written by Ryan T. Hartwig, Courtney W. Davis, Jason A. Sniff and Jared Musgrove

Narrated by John Behrens and LaQuita James

Nearly every church is trying to help their congregants build relationships with others, grow as disciples, and/or engage in meaningful service through small groups. Many have argued that these small groups are the preferred vehicle for relationship building, disciple making, and membership assimilation in the local church, especially in large, multisite churches.

Leading Small Groups That Thrive shows small group leaders, step by step, how to plan for, launch, build, sustain, and multiply highly effective, transformational, healthy small group experiences where people grow spiritually together. Based on a large-scale research study of small group pastors, leaders, and members, Leading Small Groups That Thrive gives church leaders both what they want--practical, straightforward, actual small group member voices and experiences, and compelling guidance on how to build transformational groups complemented with real-life examples and data of successful small groups--and what they need--substantial, challenging insights and a data-driven model grounded in the latest research on church small groups.

Accompanying assessments, graphs, discussion questions, and appendixes are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Aug 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9780310120063

Ryan T. Hartwig

Dr. Ryan T. Hartwig is Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of Communication at Colorado Christian University, where he teaches group, organizational, and leadership communication courses. His research centers on teamwork, group facilitation, and collaboration, particularly in the church. His first book Teams That Thrive (InterVarsity Press, 2015) was named Outreach Magazine’s Leadership Resource of the Year and won the 2015 Readers’ Choice Award from InterVarsity Press. Ryan hosts a blog at www.ryanhartwig.com, and can be found on Twitter at @rthartwig.