Why Small Groups?

I decided to dedicate this blog to small groups because I am a big fan of small groups and what I believe they can accomplish. I found that I spend an abnormal amount of time thinking about small groups, what they can be, how they can be better, and what I can do to help.

Over the past decade I have led many small groups of different ages and participated in several others. I have encountered successes and failures in my small group leadership. I have worked in small groups with good chemistry and bad chemistry. I have learned that each small group is different and each group will determine its own success or failure. I define small group failure as a small group that fails to establish a community. This community can be working together and growing, or it can be struggling. A struggling community that is fighting adversity internally or externally does not spell failure for a small group community. Often struggle within a community helps it to grow closer and become stronger in the long run. But if a group of people get together and fail to form a community where people feel connected and move in a common direction, then what is the point? When a community is established whether it is growing or struggling, there is potential for great things.