Top Highlights

• Your small group doesn’t need a leader who has it all figured out. They don’t need a leader who has the perfect marriage, house, kids, pets, and cookware. They don’t need a leader with a seminary degree (although it’s not a bad thing if you happen to have one). Your small group needs a leader willing to say, “I’m messed up too; let’s figure this th...
• Michael Kelley says that “Leadership is the joyful acceptance of responsibility at a given moment.” I like that definition because, ultimately, leading a small group is supposed to be joyful.
• In fact, the teaching gift sometimes does not translate well into leading a small group. That is one reason why a senior pastor is not always a great small group leader. I always suggest a teaching pastor be in a small group but not lead a group.
• There will be many times as a small group leader where a member of your group will have a need at the most inopportune moment. It may be a phone call late at night. It may be someone who wants to stay after group to talk. It may be someone at church who needs to grab time in the lobby during the service you are about to attend. While inconvenient, ...
• Creating disciples who then create disciples should always be the final goal of any small group.