Over the years whenever I've gotten together with other small group ministry leaders the conversation always seems to come back to "how do you get more leaders?"
Two years ago we began holding connection events where we would utilize mentor-coaches to launch a "leaderless" group with nothing more than a night of the week and a host. The mentor-coach would be with the group for four weeks, the result of which would be strangers that he that had learned how to be a group.
They will have ownership of the group.
One great thing about this method is that the time that you've spent recruiting is now reusable as the mentor-coach will help another group get started.
The other great benefit I see is that leaders emerge that my myopic vision cannot see. I say no for a lot of people who might otherwise be leaders. "They're too busy", "they won't do it", "he or she doesn't look like a leader".
Is it foolproof? No. Do groups fail? Yes. Do leaders fail? Yes.
But at least they have the chance to try.
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