Today we are going to talk about a subject that on the one hand most churches generally agree is extremely important, and yet on the other hand, struggle mightily with creating effective strategies more than almost any other subject, and that is the issue of small groups. It’s not a matter of IF your church has small groups, its more a question of what those small groups look like. Are they Sunday School classes, Bible Studies, affinity groups, or the more traditional Small Group model? The simple reality is that most churches just flat out struggle with doing them well. So how can such an important topic contain so much confusion and frustration.

To help us discuss this important issue, I am pleased to welcome Daniel Warren. Daniel is Executive Pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville Florida. Trinity is a BIG church, and as a big church, they need to have effective small groups. Daniel is well equipped to help us with this important subject. So, Daniel, thanks for being on the podcast and helping us wade through this topic of “Small Groups that Work”.

· Give me the two-minute Daniel Warren Story

· How do you define Small Groups? Why are they important?

· Should small groups be an A strategy, or should it be one of our strategies? (What is Trinity’s Small Group Strategy)

· How have small groups worked, and how have they been difficult at Trinity?

· Open or closed groups. Which model should be our priority?

· When should a church think about small groups? In other words, what size church?

· Give us the silver bullet child-care solution?