Most churches in America struggle to have a significant percentage of their adult attendance in small groups. According to recent research done by Lifeway Research, only “33 percent of churchgoers attend classes or groups for adults (such as Sunday school, Bible study, small groups, or Adult Bible Fellowships) four or more times in a typical month. Fourteen percent attend two or three times a month.”
Life transformation happens best within the context of community, so if a church is going to be intentional about discipleship they have to develop on-ramps to small groups that reach people on the fringes and beyond. If we continue to offer small groups to the normal church attenders, a majority of the people who show up to church are never reached.
Pastors, church staff and small group
leaders are trying to figure out how to make small groups work in their
church and they don’t know how. Small Groups For The Rest Of Us gives them practical, proven strategies on moving people from the fringes into biblically based communities.
Table of Contents:
- Small Groups Are Weird
- Reaching the Fringes
- Discipleship Is the Goal
- A Clean Slate
- Search for Leadership
- Connecting the Crowd
- Setting Expectations
- Those Questions
"In Small Groups for the Rest of Us, Chris gives practical, proven ideas for building a small-groups system that goes beyond the typical church attender. This book is for all leaders trying to make small groups work inside and outside their churches." JUD WILHITE, Author of Pursued, Sr. Pastor Central Christian Church
"Chris Surratt led the very first small group w joined when we moved to Nashville, and it was awesome. I'm so happy he's sharing his years of wisdom with the rest of the world because small groups are critical to building real community in churches, and he's an expert!" JON ACUFF, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Do Over, Start and Stuff Christians Like
