How To Lead A Great Small Group Meeting
By Joel Comiskey
Note: This 2022 version has been fully updated and revised.
Your leaders really can lead small group meetings that cause the members to say ”WOW!” This book will show your leaders how to:
• hear God during the meeting
• structure the meeting so that it flows
• spur the group members to participate and share openly
• create stimulating questions
• listen effectively
• and see the details that create a warm, inviting atmosphere for unbelievers
Do people expectantly return to your group meetings every week?
Do you have fun and experience joy during your meetings?
Is everyone participating in discussion and ministry?
You can lead a great small group meeting, one that is life-changing and dynamic. Most people don’t realize that they can create a God-filled atmosphere because they don’t know-how. Now the secret is out. This guide will show you how to:
• Prepare yourself spiritually to hear God during the meeting
• Structure the meeting so it flows
• Spur people in the group to participate and share their lives openly
• Share your life with others in the group
• Create stimulating questions
• Listen effectively to discover what is transpiring in others’ lives
• Encourage and edify group members
• Open the group to non-Christians
• See the details that create a warm atmosphere
By implementing these time-tested ideas, your group meetings will become the hot item of your members’ week. They will go home wanting more and return each week bringing new people with them.
Author: Joel Comiskey (Ph.D. Fuller Seminary) is an internationally recognized cell church coach and consultant. Joel has written best selling books on the worldwide cell group movement. He served as a missionary with the C&MA in Quito, Ecuador, planted a cell church in Southern California, and now coaches pastors in cell-based ministry. He also teaches as an adjunct professor at Tozer Theological Seminary. Joel and his wife, Celyce, have three daughters and live in Moreno Valley , California.
