Grand Avenue is working on our small group ministry. We have some godly, hard working men who have poured a lot of years of experience into this ministry. Last Saturday morning we met at 7am to do more work on the direction and vision of Small Groups @ Grand. Together with what they had done five to six years ago and with me now working with them this is part of what we have produced. This is only half of one page of an eleven page booklet that lays out the the basics of small group life at Grand. I hope you are blessed to read over this as I was to meet with our leaders to hammer out simple, straight forward language that gives us a path to walk down.
SMALL GROUPS @ GRAND CORE VALUES
The purpose of small groups @ Grand is to provide a predictable small group environment where participants experience authentic biblical community and spiritual growth in the gospel.
· Shepherding: The leader(s) should shepherd the group and by modeling shepherding the group should shepherding others as well
· Biblical Life Change: to provoke and challenge group members to grow in their spiritual maturity[1] and growth in the gospel so that their lives are conformed into the image of Christ.
· Authentic Community: People will do biblical life-on-life together
· Building a Healthy Church: to motivate and equip group members for personal and church-related ministry for the glory of God. Care for those who are part of GABC’s body. While these goals are accomplished most directly through the “discipleship,” “fellowship,” “service,” and “prayer,” their accomplishment is reinforced by “evangelism” and “worship.“
[1] Another way of describing “growth in spiritual maturity” is “growth in sanctification,” defined by Wayne Grudem as “the progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more (a) free from sin and (b) like Christ in our actual lives.”
TBC . . .
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