Community Bible Study Conversation Guide: Starting Well in Your Small Group
By Andy Stanley and Dan Mancini
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Community. It's a word we often hear, but what does it really mean? And why is it so important to your spiritual life? Because you can’t grow spiritually unless you’re connected relationally. God designed us that way. He wants to use other people to grow us and he wants to use us to grow other people.
In this 8-session video-based study (DVD/digital video sold separately), specifically designed for launching new small groups well, you’ll explore how building deep relationships with the people in your small group and serving in the larger community around you will grow your faith. You’ll learn why your unique story matters… to God and to the people you do life with.
Community is a great way for small groups to grow together and for churches to connect new people in their congregation. This conversation guide is a necessary tool walking you through each session with group starters, leader’s notes, discussion questions, and weekly reading.
Sessions include:
- Show Up
- Pursue God
- Join In
- Be Real Part 1
- Be Real Part 2
- Be Real Part 3
- Be the Church
- Be Together
Designed for use with Community Video Study (sold separately).
Andy Stanley
Communicator, author, and pastor Andy Stanley founded Atlanta-based North Point Ministries (NPM) in 1995. Today, NPM consists of eight churches in the Atlanta area and a network of 180 churches around the globe that collectively serve over 200,000 people weekly. As host of Your Move with Andy Stanley, which delivers over 10.5 million messages each month through television, digital platforms, and podcasts, and author of more than 20 books, including Irresistible; Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets; and Deep & Wide, Andy is considered one of the most influential pastors in America.
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Community Bible Study Conversation Guide - Andy Stanley
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Community Conversation Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WELCOME
HOW TO USE THIS STUDY
A TYPICAL GROUP MEETING
AND LEADER RESOURCES
SESSION 1
Show Up
SESSION 2
Pursue God
SESSION 3
Join In
SESSIONS 4-6
Be Real
SESSION 7
Be the Church
SESSION 8
Be Together
WELCOME
Whether you’ve been in a small group before or this is your first time, we hope the next eight weeks will be different than anything you’ve experienced. You may have joined this group because you wanted to study the Bible, or you may just want the opportunity to meet some new