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    World's Greatest Small Group: Seven Powerful Traits of a Life-Changing Leader
    World's Greatest Small Group: Seven Powerful Traits of a Life-Changing Leader
    World's Greatest Small Group: Seven Powerful Traits of a Life-Changing Leader
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    World's Greatest Small Group: Seven Powerful Traits of a Life-Changing Leader

    By Michael C. Mack

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    This book is designed for anyone who hosts, facilitates, or leads a group, whether you’ve just started or need a refresher. You’ll learn more than how to facilitate a great meeting, however. Michael C. Mack shares what makes a great small group, and it all starts with the heart traits of the leader.

    “To equip ordinary people to courageously lead extraordinary small groups.”

    This is the mission of Michael C. Mack and his ministry, Small Group Leadership. Mike has written profusely about discipleship, community, and mission for more than 25 years in small group ministry. He founded SmallGroups.com in 1995 and has served as a small group point leader in several churches across the U.S.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael C. Mack
    Release dateJul 25, 2017
    ISBN9781370263318
    World's Greatest Small Group: Seven Powerful Traits of a Life-Changing Leader
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    Michael C. Mack

    I believe life change happens best in small groups—because I’ve experienced it myself. The first small group I ever participated in was literally life-changing. I was a new Christian and the new friends in that group helped me understand how to live my life for Christ. When I asked them to pray for me to know what God wanted me to do with the rest of my life, they did; two weeks later my company downsized my entire department. Again I asked them to pray for me to know what to do next. Two months later I was at Cincinnati Bible Seminary (now Cincinnati Christian University, where I am currently an adjunct professor teaching a small groups and discipleship class) studying Christian education and journalism. Read more of my story, “Why Small Groups Matter to Me,” here. While at CCU, I began working at Standard Publishing Company, and moved up to assistant editor of The Lookout magazine where I wrote a bi-weekly small groups column. Later, I moved to the “New Products” department where I developed and edited small group resources. In 1995, after writing my first book, The Synergy Church, and spending time with small group pioneer Lyman Coleman, I left Standard to start SmallGroups.com out of my basement.

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