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Dave Earley has done a brilliant job of sharing key principles of personal leadership development When employed, these principles allow a small group leader to develop others to lead his or her group, thus multiplying their ministry to others. The ten areas in which excellent leaders must focus are: prayer, personal integrity, passion, purpose, priorities, planning, people skills, persuasion, people development, and partnership.

If you've found Earley's other books for small group leadership enrichment helpful, you will also enjoy this book!.
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The book surveys the entire history of Troy, from its beginnings c. 3000 BC until its decline and obscurity in the Byzantine era, incorporating recent research that has previously been published only in German. There is much emphasis on Troy's neighbors and contemporaries throughout this period, in order to provide a clear historical and cultural context for the city and its inhabitants throughout its lifespan. A detailed comparative chronology and a series of maps complement the discussion. The period of the alleged Trojan War serves as a focal point for the investigation, but the book ranges far beyond this, dealing, for example, with the reasons for Troy's new lease of life in the late Greek and Roman periods. Given the proliferation of "proofs" of the Trojan war, the book provides a sober and up-to-date assessment of what the most recent evidence tells us about the whole tradition recorded for us in Homer's epic The Iliad..
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The six lessons in the latest release for the Community Life series will help your small group members and leaders learn their spiritual gifts and begin to use them in safe environment. Using a unique method to discover one's spiritual gifts, the author guides the participants into a biblically-based understanding that spiritual gifts are for building up the body and increasing the kingdom of God.

Through the weeks of this guide, Paul Ford shows that spiritual gifts are where God uses one powerfully, not where he or she is comfortable... which is far different from taking an inventory to see where one might want to serve God. The members of the group are invited to distribute a form to other believers who know them well to receive input on where they seem the person powerfully used by God. This process itself is transformational for everyone involved, not just the person using the material!

Spiritual Gifts this agenda book explores are as follows: Pastor, Leader, Encourager, Evangelist, Teacher, Wisdom, Prophet, Faith, Knowledge, Helps, Administration, Service, Mercy, Giving, and Discerning true and false spirits.

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Table of Contents

Introduction The sad American church vs. World-class small group-driven churches

Definition of healthy and holistic small groups (groups that give birth regularly)

Chapter 1 - Christianity and Consumerism: Small groups are not a silver bullet

Chapter 2 The Lead pastor s strategies that bastardize small groups

Chapter 3 Congregational Assimilation: How to screw it up in 2 easy steps

Chapter 4 - Leader Training: Moving members into leadership requires

Chapter 5 - It s not about small groups. It s about discipleship

Chapter 6 - The White Elephant in the room: Spiritual strongholds

Chapter 7 The true focus of a healthy group: Christ in the midst

Chapter 8 - Your children: The church of today or tomorrow?

Chapter 9 - The missing link: Highly relational coaching

Conclusion Stop the insanity: Doing small groups differently to get different results

Appendix A: Answers to frequently asked questions and baseless objections

Appendix B: Lead pastor s self-assessment tool

Appendix C: Coach s self-assessment tool

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The end is near!

Years ago, I saw a cartoon that I will never forget. The first block depicted homeless guy on the side of the road with a cardboard sign that read, The end is near. The second block showed a car falling off the edge of a cliff. Below the cartoon this caption appeared: Who would have dreamed that guy was talking about a bridge failure?

Guys like the one in the cartoon are ignored because people think he s crazy. He doesn t work for the county civil engineering department, and he s certainly not out by the side of the road in an official, respected capacity.

I am just like that poor man on the side of the road trying to convey a simple, yet important message to anyone who passes. This book is my cardboard sign for the road you are traveling, cautioning you to move forward cautiously and consider a new road that does not end abruptly.

Detours always take more time and are both frustrating and unexpected. However, the new route has been designed to move the drivers around the obstacles and get them on their way toward their original destination. Unlike the guy with the sign, I also provide a few practical ways to detour the road your church may be traveling. Many churches have found them helpful. If you can use them, great! If they spark ideas for your own innovative ways to fix the dead ends in small group ministry you are experiencing, that s even better! The end goal is to get to God s desired destination: transformational life found in the midst of biblical community.

FOR A SAMPLE CHAPTER OF THIS BOOK, VISIT THE PUBLISHER'S WEB SITE: TOUCHUSA.ORG.
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