The Shallow Small Group

benlreed — February 3, 2011 — 7 Comments

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My good friends at Blue Fish TV put this video together. It’s awesome.

Enjoy!

Have you ever been a part of a shallow small group?

What are you doing to avoid your small group being shallow?

Christ follower, husband, father, writer, pastor of small groups at Long Hollow Baptist Church. Communications director for the Small Group Network.

http://twitter.com/jasonvana Jason Vana

This made me laugh…only because I’ve been in groups like this who say they are about community and growth, but aren’t.

As far as what we do to keep from being shallow…the college ministry I oversee is based on discussion – so most of the topic we talk about each week is formed by the members sharing their lives. We also have a time where we break into smaller groups to pray for each other. It’s been pretty powerful. Seen a lot of students grow closer to God and each other, and share things they never would have shared before.

http://www.benreed.net Ben Reed

That’s awesome, Jason. Sounds like you guys are creating a healthy culture of honesty and openness. I’d be in that small group!

http://twitter.com/jasonvana Jason Vana

I love it. Sometimes I wrestle with the fact that I’m 30, and the majority of the people in the group are like 18-22, but I haven’t found anything else like it, so I keep going.

http://twitter.com/NoahLomax Noah Lomax

Wow, incredibly funny! Every small group leader should watch this! Thanks for the great video!!!

http://www.benreed.net Ben Reed

You bet, Noah! Are you a small group leader yourself?

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http://www.abrahamchronicles.com Dustin

Now that was funny. I think I may need to share that for a good laugh…

I think one of the key ways to avoid being shallow in a group is to you yourself be transparent and vulnerable. As a leader, sometimes I felt like I had to just “put myself out there”… and then others would follow the lead.