Comments on: LifeShare http://www.religionsucketh.com/2008/09/17/lifeshare/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: jdjoneshttp://www.religionsucketh.com/2008/09/17/lifeshare/comment-page-1/#comment-28 jdjones Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:11:03 +0000 http://jdjones.wordpress.com/?p=203#comment-28 @ Tom Becker,To help the members, my church has a couple of small groups. Right now we're pretty small; our average attendance is 70. We've got a men's only small group, and all of our ministry teams (i.e. production, worship, front door, etc.) double as small groups due to their size.As the congregation grows we add more groups so that newcomers have ways to connect outside of Sunday services.The reason for my comment at <a HREF="http://www.leadingsmart.com/leadingsmart/2008/09/i-thought-churc.html#comments" rel="nofollow">Tim Stevens' Blog</A> was because at my home church, there were dozens of small groups, but very little community outreach. Instead of being avenues for the unchurched to mingle with church people, they reinforced our "Christian bubble". Especially when people started competing to see how many groups they could be in. I finally asked my pastor, "What's the point? These groups were supposed to encourage us to invite people who would never set foot in a church, instead, we're all just hanging out with each other even more." @ Tom Becker,

To help the members, my church has a couple of small groups. Right now we’re pretty small; our average attendance is 70. We’ve got a men’s only small group, and all of our ministry teams (i.e. production, worship, front door, etc.) double as small groups due to their size.

As the congregation grows we add more groups so that newcomers have ways to connect outside of Sunday services.

The reason for my comment at Tim Stevens’ Blog was because at my home church, there were dozens of small groups, but very little community outreach. Instead of being avenues for the unchurched to mingle with church people, they reinforced our “Christian bubble”. Especially when people started competing to see how many groups they could be in. I finally asked my pastor, “What’s the point? These groups were supposed to encourage us to invite people who would never set foot in a church, instead, we’re all just hanging out with each other even more.”

]]> By: Tom Beckerhttp://www.religionsucketh.com/2008/09/17/lifeshare/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Tom Becker Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:55:10 +0000 http://jdjones.wordpress.com/?p=203#comment-27 Dude in response to your comment on Tim Stevens blog "I thought church was for believers," what is your current church doing to help the members? Dude in response to your comment on Tim Stevens blog “I thought church was for believers,” what is your current church doing to help the members?

]]> By: human3rrorhttp://www.religionsucketh.com/2008/09/17/lifeshare/comment-page-1/#comment-26 human3rror Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:54 +0000 http://jdjones.wordpress.com/?p=203#comment-26 w00t. thanks for the follow. this should be fun. w00t. thanks for the follow. this should be fun.

]]> By: Tylerhttp://www.religionsucketh.com/2008/09/17/lifeshare/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Tyler Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:32:09 +0000 http://jdjones.wordpress.com/?p=203#comment-25 This is going to be an awesome, awesome thing. This is going to be an awesome, awesome thing.

]]> By: Tony Stewardhttp://www.religionsucketh.com/2008/09/17/lifeshare/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Tony Steward Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:23:05 +0000 http://jdjones.wordpress.com/?p=203#comment-24 Thanks for the post and for coming tonight!--- Tony Steward Online Community Pastor LifeChurch.tv Thanks for the post and for coming tonight!

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