Small Groups

Reading List

Key Texts

• Gal 6:1-10

Logos (Foundations)

• DBW 5 | Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together

Logos (How to)

• Title Page | The Big Book on Small Groups
• Title Page | Seven Myths About Small Groups : How to Keep from Falling into Common Traps
• Title Page | Getting Together : A Guide for Good Groups
• Title Page | Starting (& Ending) a Small Group
• Title Page | Leading Bible Discussions
• Title Page | Biblical Foundations for Small Group Ministry
• Title Page | Small group leaders’ handbook : the next generation
• Title Page | Good Things Come in Small Groups: The Dynamics of Good Group Life

In Print

• Banks, R. (1980). Paul’s idea of community: The early house churches in their historical setting. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
• Corey, M. S. and Corey G. (2006). Groups: Process and practice.
• Yalom, I. D. The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
• Finger, R. H. Roman House Churches for Today.
• Stark, D. and Wieland, B.V. Growing People through Small Groups
• MacNutt, F. (1977). Power to heal. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria.
• Crabb, Larry, (1997). Connecting: Healing for ourselves and our relationships: A radical new vision, Nashville, TN: Word Publishers.
• Lasch, C. (1978). The culture of narcissism: American life in an age of diminishing expectations. New York: Norton.

Articles

• Kennedy, D. “A Theology of Small Groups” Restoration Quarterly
• Hemingway, J. E. “Opening Up the Circle: Next Steps in Process Group Work in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)” The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, Winter 2005, Vol. 5, No. 4

Websites

• http://www.smallgroups.com/