RCC Small Group
PURPOSE STATEMENT

Creating Community within a Community

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Hebrews 10:24-25

......Small Group Ministry of ......Rogers Christian Church

Ministry Leader - Allen Williams -

Why We Have Small Groups As a part of our discipleship process of Rogers Christian Church we use Small Groups because is is the model that the ancient early church used. In the book of Acts we find that after Jesus ascended into heaven (Acts1), and the Holy Spirit descends upon the disciples (Acts 2), and after Peter's impromtu sermon where we read that "about 3,000 were added to their numbers that day" (Acts2:41). It is here in Acts 2:42-47 where we find Christians meeting in each other's homes and eating with glad and sincere hearts.
Rogers Christian Church
SMALL GROUP LIST OF
CORE VALUES

At Rogers Christian Church we strive for our Small Group ministry to meet the needs of its members through the purpose of loving God and loving others. We set these values in place to set a standard among our small groups as we love others. These values represent who we are and what we want to accomplish in and through these small groups.

Small Group Reading List
Leadership Book List
Core Values
Community that is Christian” by Julie Gorman

The Connecting Church” by Randy Frazee

The 7 Deadly Sins of a Small Group Ministry” by Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson

Prepare Your Church for the Future” by Carl George

Building a Church of Small Groups” by Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson

Natural Church Development” by Christian A. Schwarz

Unfinished Business, Returning the Ministry to the people of God” by Greg Ogden

How to Lead a Great Cell Group Meeting” by Joel Comiskey

Eight Habits of Effective Small Group Leaders” by Dave Early

Leading from the Heart” by Michael Mack

Home Cell Group Explosion” by Joel Comiskey

Making Cell Groups Work” by Scott Boren

Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership” by Carl George

Shepherd's Guidebook” by Ralph Neighbor, Jr.

The Big Book on Small Groups” by Jeff Arnold

5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman.

Small Groups
Building a Church of Small Groups by Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson (Zondervan)

The Power of Vision by George Barna (Regal)

Prepare Your Church for the Future by Carl George (Revell)

How to Lead a Great Cell Group Meeting by Joel Comiskey

Eight Habits of Effective Small Group Leaders by Dave Early

Leading from the Heart by Michael Mack

Home Cell Group Explosion by Joel Comiskey

Making Cell Groups Work by Scott Boren

Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership by Carl George

Shepherds Guidebook by Ralph W. Neighbour, Jr.

The Big Book on Small Groups by Jeff Arnold

Leadership
Everyone's a Coach by Don Shula and Ken Blanchard (Zondervan)

Leaders by Warren Bennis and Brut Nanus (Harper and Row)

Leadership is an Art by Max DePree (Doubleday)

The Making of a Leader by Robert Clinton (NavPress)

Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sander (Moody)

Using the Bible in Groups by Roberta Hestenes (Westminster)

Prayer
Lord, Change Me! by Evelyn Christenson (Victor)

Prayer by Richard Foster (Harper & SanFransisco)

Power Through Prayer by E. M. Bounds (Moody)

Too Busy Not To Pray by Bill Hybels (InterVarsity)

Holy Spirit
Flying Closer to the Flame by Charles Swindoll (Word)

Keep in Step with the Spirit by J. I. Packer (Revell)

Evangelism
Becoming a Contagious Christian by Bill Hybels and Mark Mittleburg (Zondervan)

How to Give Away Your Faith by Paul Little (InterVarsity)

Out of the Saltshaker by Rebecca Pippert (InterVarsity)

Spiritual Disciplines
Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster (Harper & SanFransisco)

The Life You've Always Wanted by John Ortberg (Zondervan)
The Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard (Harper & SanFransisco)
1. Small Groups is a place to express doubt, fears, anxieties, needs and frustration.

2. Small Groups is a place to ask questions concerning the Bible or the Church.

3. Small Groups is a place where you are accepted and loved even when you behave in an unlooving manner.

4. Small Groups is a place where you can confront and be confronted with complete confidence that Grace will be extended both by and to you.

5. Small Groups is a place that provides the optimal environment for life change

6. Small Groups is a place that expands and multiplies so that eventually every person can be connected to others.

7. Small Groups is a place that provides the primary environment for mutual care and mutual ministry.

8. Small Groups is a place that is an environment of prayer and celebration.

9. Small Groups is the Learning part of our Discipleship process at Rogers Christian Church. In our Small Groups we are committed to learning about the things of God. Not only cognitively but also by living out the truths found in Scriptures in our daily lives as well.