“Groups are for making disciples, not just making friends. Friendship is a bi-product of becoming disciples together.”
Many groups have as their starting point and goal to become friends. While this is important, if this is where the bar is set, this is what the outcome will be and becoming friends will be the only outcome. On the other hand, if the goal and starting point of the group is to become mature disciples together, when all is said and done, those in the group will become mature disciples as well as lifelong friends. — Rick Howerton
“The most powerful person of persuasion in the church is the pastor. The most powerful place of persuasion in the church is the pulpit.”
Want your Sunday School to become a church priority? Your pastor is the key. The pastor’s involvement, coupled with words of affirmation and encouragement from the pulpit are some of the greatest helps to an effective Bible study ministry. — Bruce Raley
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