Creating Community Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture

by Stanley, Andy; Willits, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781590523964
• ISBN10: 1590523962
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-31
• Publisher: Multnomah

Summary

In Creating Community, Bill Willits and bestselling author Andy Stanley unveil the principles and practices that have empowered their team at North Point Community Church in Atlanta to connect more than eight thousand adults in small groups.

Author Biography

Andy Stanley

Andy Stanley is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and the founding pastor of North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, with a youthful congregation of more than 16,000 on three campuses. Andy is the author of the 1998 ForeWord Book of the Year finalist Visioneering , the bestsellers Like a Rock and The Next Generation Leader, and the recent How Good Is Good Enough? Andy and his wife, Sandra, have two sons and a daughter.

Bill Willits

Bill Willitts is the Director of Group Life at North Point Community Church. Bill is a graduate of Florida State University and Dallas Theological Seminary and has previously served on other church staffs in Atlanta and Dallas, Texas. His most important small group consists of his wife, Terry, and their daughter, Bailey.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(4)
Introduction: Thinking Groups	11	(8)
Part I People Need Community
A Culture Craving Relationship	19	(8)
It's Not All Good	27	(12)
The Divine Community	39	(12)
Part II Leaders Need Clarity
Clarify the Goal	51	(10)
Define Spiritual Maturity	61	(10)
Decide Where People Go	71	(12)
Part III Churches Need Strategy
Find Your Word	83	(8)
Choose Your Strategy	91	(10)
Close the Door	101	(12)
Part IV Connection Needs Simplicity
Create Steps	113	(10)
Make Them Easy	123	(10)
Try Before You Buy	133	(8)
Part V Processes Need Reality
Deal in Reality	141	(10)
Train Less for More	151	(12)
Set Up for Success	163	(10)
Conclusion: A Final Thought	173	(4)
Appendix A: Groups Director Position Description	177	(3)
Appendix B: Community Groups Leader Position Description	180	(2)
Appendix C: Community Group Covenant	182	(3)
Appendix D: Community Group Wins	185	(2)
Appendix E: Childcare Reimbursement Policy	187	(1)
Appendix F: Childcare Reimbursement Form	188	(1)
Notes	189