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Recruiting, Developing, and
Training Small Group LeadersFor Every Size Church
Dave Robertson
“To Build a Christian Community Where Non-Religious and Nominally
Religious People Are Becoming Deeply
Committed Christians.”
Church of the Resurrection Purpose Statement
“It is easy to think that the Church has a lot of different objects – education, building, missions, holding services…the Church exists for nothing
else but to draw men (people) in Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God
became Man for no other purpose.”
C.S. Lewis – Mere Christianity (p.171)
For at least several decades the churches of the Western world have not made discipleship a condition of being a Christian. One is not required to be, or to intend to be, a disciple in order to become a Christian, and one may remain a Christian without any signs or progress toward or in discipleship.
Contemporary American churches in particular do not require following Christ in his example, spirit and teachings as a condition of membership—either of entering into or continuing in fellowship of a denomination or a local church.
So far as the visible Christian institutions of our day are concerned, discipleship is clearly optional…Churches are filled with “undiscipled disciples,” as Jess Moody called them.
Dallas Willard
Steps in the Development of Small Group Leaders
IdentifyRecruitEmpowerDeploySustain
Identify
Best Leaders Lead (Disciple makers instead of committee leaders)
Who Are Your Most Engaging Church Attenders (not necessarily your most knowledgeable ones)
Introductory Classes (such as Alpha) Personality Types, Spiritual Gifts,
Thinkers/Learners, Passionate
Identify
Train existing good leaders to spot potential in others
Gage Interest at Time of Joining Brainstorm as a Staff and Leadership
Team Who Your Most Effective Leaders Are
Raise Up People By Mentoring Them
Recruit Planting Seeds-
Have You Ever Considered… I Would Like for You to Consider I Would like to Buy You Lunch Here are Concrete Reasons I Believe You Can
Do This Share the Vision of the Church and Disciple
Making Can’t Be Afraid to Ask- Make the Pitch with No
Arm Twisting Understand the Barriers and Reduce/Eliminate
Them Give Them an Out- Try it for a Year…
Empower The Basics-
How to Facilitate The Purposes of Every Small Group Intentionality
Trial Leadership- Short-term Table Leader
Investing in Them- Leading the Leaders Starter Kits and Curriculum Make Training Easily Accessible- Be
Willing to Meet Regularly w/Tools
Deploy Fellowship Event (s) Large or Small Teaching Event Have People Commit to One Study to
Get to Know Others (Not Committing to a Lifetime w/People They Don’t Know Yet)
Make Introductions Before First Get Together (i.e.- worship, community, etc)
Leaders Have the Right Tools to Succeed (vision, purpose, handouts, etc)
Sustain Regular Check-in’s (Leader Knows How
Often) Accessibility- There When Leader Needs You Training Events With Other Leaders Encouragement- Share Successes You’ve
Heard Encouragement From the Group/Showing
Appreciation Celebrate- Small Gifts/Hospitality Large Teaching Events Lead the Leaders- Summer Studies