Articles for tag: One Another Passages

December 12, 2022

Restoring Koinonia in Today’s Church

Apparently there has been some debate about the meaning of "koinonia" (Christian fellowship/community) as described in Acts 2:42 and the rest of the New Testament. I didn’t know that . . . until I listened to a recent podcast on the topic. . . .

March 23, 2020

Christian Standard

Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

How to Use Discovery Bible Study

– (Click Discovery process to download this as a pdf.) DISCOVERY: How to Lead Your Group or Class Using This Process Beginning with the lesson for March 29, 2020, we have modified the Study Questions page that is part of The Lookout study material now contained in every issue of Christian Standard. These Bible Discovery questions are developed to be used in groups and classes to do several things well: engage people directly in God’s living and active Word, allowing Scripture to speak for itself, provide space for God’s Word to saturate the minds of group members so it may

October 13, 2016

Michael C. Mack

Church & Ministry Small Groups

Seven Tips from Twitter on Facilitating a Group or Class

By Michael C. Mack Michael C. Mack (@michaelcmack) tweets “Small Group Leader TIPS of the Day” every weekday. Here are seven tips on facilitating a great group meeting: “¢Â Don”™t be the small group answer man or woman. Let group members experience aha moments. “¢Â Become comfortable answering questions with, “I don”™t know, but let”™s all find out this week.” “¢Â As you study God”™s Word together, “remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.” “¢Â Try different approaches to Bible study (e.g., read various “I will” statements of God and discuss/apply).

September 22, 2016

Michael C. Mack

Church Leadership

Four Reasons Every Lead Pastor Should Lead a Small Group

By Michael C. Mack Lead pastors who lead a small group create a win-win dynamic. The pastors and the churches they lead both become healthier and grow as a result. Jim Egli, who has served as a senior pastor, associate pastor, missions pastor, and missionary says that regardless of his role, he has always led a group. He offers these four reasons: Small groups are at the heart of church health. Egli says a healthy church lives in authentic, Christ-centered, missional community, and a church that uses healthy groups””the focus being on the word healthy“”will increase its health, effectiveness, growth,