Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership: How lay leaders can establish dynamic and healthy cells, classes, or teams

When the pastoral staff of a church set out to create ministry partnerships with lay leaders, they want their group leaders to know what is expected of them. Nine Keys clearly and simply describes the role that lay leaders must fulfill, if they are to be trusted by those who oversee them. and helpful to those in their care.

Carl George, an internationally recognized church consultant, has been called on by congregations and leaders in100 denominations to help them increase their effectiveness in ministry. A former pastor, he is a popular conference keynoter, a panelist on such broadcasts as "Focus on the Family," the author of several well-known books, and serves as an adjunct professor at several theological seminaries. Carl and Grace, his wife of more than 33 years, are the parents of six children and several grandchildren.