3-EN ( 英文 ), 0900-Church Management ( 教會研究 ), 0910-教會管理 

It's one thing to start a small group ministry. It's another to keep the groups in your church healthy and headed in the same direction. Whatever your church's approach may be---whether it is a church with groups or of groups---sooner or later, as a leader, you'll need to do some troubleshooting. That's when the expert, to-the-point guidance in this book will prove its worth. In The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry, what would take you years to learn through trial and error is distilled into some of the most useful information you can find. Drawing on the knowledge they've gleaned from working inside Willow Creek Community Church, from consulting with hundreds of churches, and from conducting conferences and seminars worldwide, small group experts Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson furnish you with proven, real-life solutions to the knottiest problems in your small group ministry. This is no theory---it's hands-on stuff you can read and apply today. The beauty of this book lies in its unique diagnostic process. It allows you to assess, diagnose, and correct seven common 'deadly sins' that can drain the life from your church's small group ministry. Here are the strategies and tools you need to deal with 1. Unclear Ministry Objectives 2. Lack of Point Leadership 3. Poor Coaching Structures 4. Neglect of Ongoing Leadership Development 5. Closed Group Mind-set 6. Narrow Definition of a Small Group 7. Neglect of Assimilation Process The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry is indispensable for every small group director, church staff, ministry leader, and senior pastor. It's strong medicine for the ailments that threaten the small groups in your church. 

Sin one : Unclear ministry objectives -- Strategies for developing clear ministry objectives -- Sin two : Lack of point leadership -- Strategies and tools for choosing effective point leaders -- Sin three : Poor coaching structures -- Strategies and tools for rebuilding poor coaching structures -- Sin four : Neglect of ongoing leadership development -- Strategies and tools for developing leaders -- Sin five : Closed group mind-set -- Strategies and tools for transforming group mind-set -- Sin six : Narrow definition of a small group -- Strategies and tools for broadening the range of small groups -- Sin seven : Neglect of the assimilation process -- Strategies and tools for improving assimilation.