Groups Alive - Church Alive: The Effective Use of Small Groups in the Local Church

People everywhere hunger for depth relationships that bring them into contact with their neighbors in an exciting new way. This depth, the author points out, is not to be found in groups of a hundred or a thousand on Sunday mornings. Rather, it is through small church groups that many individuals find the personal intimacy, the acceptance, and the support they need in an impersonal world.

Clyde Reid provides a basic handbook which outlines the crucial elements of group life. He draws from a wealth of insight and experience in understanding and working with small groups to writ on such topics as: purpose, leadership, disciplines, size, atmosphere, phases, the individual in the group, problems, nonverbal methods.

There has been an explosion of interest in small groups in recent years indise and outside the church. As a result, small group dynamics is becoming increasingly important. Small groups have helped churches come alive, says Clyde Reid, and they provide one of the key ingredients for church renewal of the future. [from the fly-leaf]