Disciple-making in Community with Ken Braddy
Religion & Spirituality
While starting new groups can be an exciting time in a church, it can also prove to be a huge task! Arthur Flake’s five step process, KEEP, is critical in starting the right groups for the right people. In today’s episode Phil Todd and Dr. Doug Matlock join me to discuss the 5 step process in effectively starting new groups:
Know your people
Enlarge the organization
Enlist and train the workers
Provide space and resources
Go after the people
Phil Todd joined the Southern Baptist Texas Convention team in January, 2022. Prior to joining the team he served churches in Texas and Louisiana for 30 years. He has served the local church as student pastor, small group pastor, and executive pastor during that time. He is passionate about discipleship and is eager to support the local church in accomplishing the mission of making disciples.
Dr. Doug Matlock serves as the Discipleship and Small Groups Ministry Partner for Oklahoma Baptist, serving Baptist churches across the state and helping strengthen discipleship ministries. Prior to working for Oklahoma Baptists, Doug served in the local church in Oklahoma for over eighteen years. He also loves music, coffee, food, traveling with his family, hiking, sports, and great stories. His greatest passion is serving others to help them grow in their relationships with Christ.
While there is no full proof method for starting new groups, we believe Arthur’s Formula is a great process to start effective groups that will expand your reach in the community and help more people grow closer to God!
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Disciple-making In Community Season 1 – Enlisting and Onboarding Group Leaders
S3 E7 Training Adult Group Leaders
S3 E6 Student Ministry Training
S3E5 Training Kids Leaders
S3E4 How to Overcome Training Obstacles
S3E3 How to Develop a Training Strategy for Your Church Leaders
S3E2 Lifeway's Best and Mostly Free Resources
S3E1 Why Should We Train Group Leaders
7. Starting New Groups in Kids Ministry
6. Ways That New Groups Benefit the Church
5. The One Person Needed to Start New Groups
4. Why Groups & Group Leaders Resist Starting New Groups
2. The Best Times to Start New Groups
1. Why Churches Must Start New Groups
Best Practices for Retaining Group Leaders
Thirteen Places to Find New Group Leaders
Overcoming Objections to New Group Leader Enlistment
Enlisting Group Leaders in the Normative Church
Enlisting Group Leaders in the Megachurch
13 Principles for Enlisting Group Leaders Part 2
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