Assessment and solution for seven common obstacles to building small groups. It's one thing to start a small group ministry. It's another to keep the groups in your church healthy and headed in the same direction. Whatever your church's approach may be-whether it is a church with groups or of groups-sooner or later, as a leader, you'll need to do some trouble shooting. That's when the expert, to-the-point guidance in this book will prove its worth.

The beauty of this book lies in its unique diagnostic process. It allows you to assess, diagnose, and correct seven common "deadly sins" that can drain the life from your church's small group ministry. In The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry, what would take you years to learn through trial and error is distilled into some of the most useful information you can find.

Drawing on the knowledge they've gleaned from working inside Willow Creek Community Church, from consulting with hundreds of churches, and from conducting conferences and seminars worldwide, small group experts Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson furnish you with proven, real-life solutions to the toughest problems in your small group ministry. This is not theory-it is hands-on material you can read and apply today.

About the Author

Bill Donahue (Ph.D., University of North Texas) is Executive Director of Small Group Ministries for the Willow Creek Association (WCA) and works to train and develop small group leaders at Willow Creek Community Church, Barrington, IL. He serves as an adjunct teacher at a number of seminaries training both masters and doctoral students in church leadership and small groups ministry. Prior to serving as an associate pastor in Texas and Pennsylvania, he worked for Proctor & Gamble and PNC Financial Corporation.