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Holistic Small Groups
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Growing churches have developed a system of small groups where individual believers can find intimate community, practical help, and intense spiritual interaction. In these groups, people not only discuss biblical texts and listen to their leader's interesting explanations, but they apply biblical insights to the questions the participants have about everyday life issues...What's in a Name? Why We shouldn't call a Small Group - a "Group"
Skrivet av Anonymous (ej verifierad) tis 19 feb 2008 - 10:59emNCD tells us that Small Groups - healthy ones - are the most crucial factor in the quality of churches. But how to keep them these effective?
I've been wondering whether the name "group" doesn't convey a hidden, counter-productive message that undercuts "holistic". Reading Roland Allen recently ("The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church and the Reasons that Hinder it") has crystallised this issue for me.