Start More Groups

The destiny of the world isn't determined by the battles that are lost and won. It's determined by the stories that are loved and believed in. ~Harold Goddard

We mentioned earlier that storytelling is more caught than taught, that it's something you really need to see for yourself. This is even more true for the experience of entering a story and talking through it as a group - there's an energy you can't describe. It's electrifying. It's like God walks into the room. People get emotional and break down crying. It's more real than anything else you've experienced.

When stuff like this happens, people talk and it spreads like wildfire. If that happens with your group the day might come when you get too big. Either you can't all fit in the same room, or there are just too many people to have that same depth of intimate conversation. This could be your best day or your worst day ever, depending on what you do next.

Mathematically speaking, you have four options. You can add, subtract, divide, or multiply. Add means you do what most churches do when they hit this point - get a building, program everything, and see how big they can get. Subtract means you stop growing and, by default, start shrinking. Divide means you chop the group in two and then miss half your old friends. Multiply means you keep your original group of friends together and help the newer people start a new group that will hopefully grow and start more new groups.

It's up to you, but you can probably guess what we'd suggest! And it probably goes without saying that we'd love to have your new group leaders join our circle here. Let's stay family and see how big and bright we can make this fire!

Go and make disciples of all the nations. ~Yeshua of Nazareth