Small Study Groups in Churches
Small Groups Established Churches:
Challenge and Hope for
The Future
Small Groups and Established Churches
Challenge and Hope for the Future
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John W. Ellas is director of the Center for Church Growth in Houston, Texas, which helps churches to learn and apply effective methods for spiritual and numerical growth. For the past twenty years John has helped congregations through church training services, books, and a quarterly magazine. The American Society for Church Growth recently presented John the Donald A. McGavran Award for outstanding leadership in church growth.
John holds the D.Min. and certification as a Church Growth Consultant from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California; the M.S. in Education from Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia; and the M.A. in Religion from Harding Graduate School of Religion, Memphis Tennessee. He has taught at Jacksonville State University, Texas A & M University, and currently serves as an adjunct instructor with Harding Graduate School of Religion.
Small Groups and Established Churches
Challenge and Hope for the Future
John W. Ellas
Center for Church Growth P.O. Box 691006 Houston, Texas 77269-1006
Copyright © 2005 John W. Ellas
AU rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro- duced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy- ing, recording, or any other—without the prior permission of the author except for brief quotations in printed reviews.
First Edition, 2005 Printed in the United States of America
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version (North American Edition), copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan.
Cover design by Larry Headley
ISBN: 0-9642447-3-X
Contents Foreword ix
Introduction 1
ChapterOne: TheMakingofaSmallGroup Movement 7 A Third World Catalyst 7 Built
Challenge and Hope for
The Future
Small Groups and Established Churches
Challenge and Hope for the Future
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John W. Ellas is director of the Center for Church Growth in Houston, Texas, which helps churches to learn and apply effective methods for spiritual and numerical growth. For the past twenty years John has helped congregations through church training services, books, and a quarterly magazine. The American Society for Church Growth recently presented John the Donald A. McGavran Award for outstanding leadership in church growth.
John holds the D.Min. and certification as a Church Growth Consultant from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California; the M.S. in Education from Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia; and the M.A. in Religion from Harding Graduate School of Religion, Memphis Tennessee. He has taught at Jacksonville State University, Texas A & M University, and currently serves as an adjunct instructor with Harding Graduate School of Religion.
Small Groups and Established Churches
Challenge and Hope for the Future
John W. Ellas
Center for Church Growth P.O. Box 691006 Houston, Texas 77269-1006
Copyright © 2005 John W. Ellas
AU rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro- duced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy- ing, recording, or any other—without the prior permission of the author except for brief quotations in printed reviews.
First Edition, 2005 Printed in the United States of America
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version (North American Edition), copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan.
Cover design by Larry Headley
ISBN: 0-9642447-3-X
Contents Foreword ix
Introduction 1
ChapterOne: TheMakingofaSmallGroup Movement 7 A Third World Catalyst 7 Built