What are the Components of a Healthy Small Group?
Leader: one who leads a Small Group
Apprentice: one who co-leads with the Leader with goal of leading their own group within a year
Assistant: one who supports the Leader and Apprentice
Seeker: a member of a Small Group who is not yet “saved”
What is the Formal Structure of Small Group Leadership?
Pastor: one who leads a Small Group and oversees Coaches and Leaders
Lead Coach: one who is appointed by a Pastor, leads a Small Group, and oversees three or more Small Groups
Coach: one who leads a Small Group and oversees at least one other Small Group
Leader: one who leads a Small Group
Apprentice: one who co-leads with the Leader with goal of leading their own Small Group within a year
Assistant: one who supports the Leader and Apprentice
Attendees: ones who come to a Small Group, including Seekers
Seasons of a Small Group
Gathering: first establish who the core or tripod is, develop a list of unreached friends, pray over them and make connections
Reaching: intentionally reach out to seekers, former attenders, and present attenders not yet in a Small Group
Establishing: grow as disciples of Christ in relationship with God, one another, and the unreached
Reproducing: when a Small Group gives birth to an entirely new Small Group or adds a Small Group extension to current one.
L2L TALK
Pastor ___________________________________
Lead Coach ______________________________
Coach ___________________________________
Leader __________________________________
Apprentice _______________________________
Assistant _________________________________
Attendees ________________________________
What season is your Small Group in now? How can you move to the next season?