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Leading Life-Changing Small Groups
Zondervan Academic

Leading Life-Changing Small Groups

Whether you’re leading for the first time or you’ve led for years, this course will help you develop the skills to facilitate group discussion and to encourage and support members.

At a Glance

  • Lessons highlight the requirements and responsibilities of a small group leader, providing insights on how to facilitate a successful group
  • Access to all course material—video lectures; lessons; key concept reviews, and quizzes
  • Access to the ebook "Leading Life-Changing Small Groups" within the course and via an eReader
  • Access to the Cerego learning system to build memory retention of course objectives
  • 24/7 access for 12 months to complete the course at your own pace

Beginner

60 hours

 

This course can be taken for academic credit through the BibleMesh Institute: Click Here.

More Details

The Leading Life-Changing Small Groups course is built out using video lectures and textbook content by author and speaker Bill Donahue, providing instruction for small group leaders to learn the basics of leading a successful group.

Regardless of whether you’re leading for the first time or you’ve been leading for years, this course will enable you to more effectively facilitate group discussion and to encourage and support group members in a way that leads to authentic and lasting life change.

Sessions highlight the requirements and responsibilities of a small group leader, provide helpful insight into the process of group formation, and answer practical questions about meeting preparation and how to encourage group participation. For anyone who wants to lead small groups with excellence and truly witness life change in their groups, Leading Life-Changing Small Groups offers practical answers and inspiring examples as a go-to guide.

Course Outline

  1. Clarifying Your Purpose
  2. Sharpening Your Leadership
  3. Developing Your Apprentice
  4. Pursuing Spiritual Growth
  5. Leading Life-Changing Meetings
  6. Measuring Group Progress
  7. Caring for Members
  8. Impacting Your World
    Final Exam 

About the Technology

Author & Instructor

Bill Donahue
Bill Donahue

Ph.D., University of North Texas

Dr. Bill Donahue is the author of the bestselling Leading Life-Changing Small Groups, Building a Life-Changing Small Groups Ministry (with Russ Robinson), Coaching Life-Changing Leaders (with Greg Bowman), and the Equipping Life-Changing Leaders DVD. He is Director of Professional Doctoral Programs at Trinity International University, teaching courses in leadership, team-building, organizational communication and group dynamics.