- 208 pages
- English
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Walking the Small Group Tightrope
About This Book
Six Ways to Improve Your Balance as a Group LeaderLeading a successful small group is like walking a tightrope. You traverse a taut, exciting line, balancing the dynamic tensions characteristic of every group. Drawing from the concept of "polarity management, " Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson help you understand and deal with six dynamic areas every group leader must manage in order to create genuine, transforming small group community.Your group is in for unprecedented connection and growth when you harness the interplay between â˘Truth and Lifeâ˘Care and Discipleshipâ˘Friendship and Accountabilityâ˘Kindness and Confrontationâ˘Task and Peopleâ˘Openness and IntimacyEffective, life-giving small groups learn how to embrace both ends of each continuum. Walking the Small Group Tightrope will strengthen your sense of balance, help you gain confidence as a leader, and show you how to release the untapped creative and relational energy in your group.
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE: a change will do you good
- CHAPTER TWO: are we treating wounds or training soldiers?
- CHAPTER THREE: iâd like to get to know you . . . i think
- CHAPTER FOUR: how to have a good fight
- CHAPTER FIVE: taking it to the streets
- CHAPTER SIX: guess whoâs coming to small group!
- CONCLUSION: freedom from unsolvable problems
- LEADERâS GUIDE and group interaction exercises
- APPENDIX: navigating breakdown
- NOTES
- ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
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