SMALL GROUPS
Blogs from Small Group Ministries
- Willow Creek Association Group Life | Willow Creek
- Zone Gathering | National Community Church
- Big Ideas About Small Groups | Community Christian Church
- Creative Community | Calvary Church
Resources
- Zone Gathering’s resource page (includes their leadership application, covenant, small group playbook, etc.)
- North Point Community Church’s small groups site
- Zondervan’s Small Group Curriculum
- lifetogether
- BuildingSmallGroups.com (Christianity Today)
- SmallGroups.com
- David Rudd’s small group materials
- Joel Comiskey’s blog
- Threads – Small group materials for 18 to 34-year-olds from Lifeway
- Small Group Ministry Sites (see what others are doing) – Willow Creek, Saddleback, McLean Bible Church
Small Group Leader Blogs
- Heather Zempel | National Community Church
- David Rudd | Calvary Church
- Kathy Guy | Granger Community Church
Know of any other good small group resources? Email me.
CHURCHES I’M WATCHING
These churches are all doing great stuff – in a variety of ways. There’s a diversity here. Check ‘em out for yourself.
- Cornerstone Church | Semi Valley, CA
- Dream Center | Los Angeles, CA
- Elevation Church | Charlotte, NC
- Ethne | Boston, MA
- The Evergreen Community | Portland, OR
- Flood | San Diego, CA
- Granger Community Church | Granger, IN
- Journey Church | New York, NY
- Lifechurch.tv | Oklahoma City, OK, etc.
- Mars Hill Bible Church | Grandville, MI (links about the church here)
- Mars Hill Church | Seattle, WA (links about the church here)
- Moot | Westminster, London UK
- Mosiac | Los Angeles, CA (links about the church here)
- National Community Church | Washington D.C.
- Newsong Church | Irvine, CA
- Newspring Church | Anderson, SC
- North Point Community Church | Alpharetta, GA
- NorthWood Church | Keller, TX
- Reston Community Church | Reston, VA
- Saddleback Church | Lake Forest, CA
- Sandals Church | Riverside, CA
- Small Boat Big Sea | Fairlight, NSW, Australia (story about the church here)
- South Bay Vineyard | National City, CA
- Warehouse | Pasadena, CA
CHURCH PLANTING
Resources
- Church Multiplication Associates
- NewChurches.com | Ed Stetzer
- New Church Initiatives | Glenn Smith
- STADIA – New Church Strategies
- A church planting reading list
Networks
MEDIA
- Lifechurch.tv Open | Video, graphics, and sermons – free
- Seacost Church All Access | Sermon graphics, PowerPoint backgrounds, Evites, and message mp3s – free
- Newspring Ministries | Videos, sermon outlines and more – free
- Vine Resources | Media produced for the Vine at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY. PowerPoint backgrounds, motion titles, hi-res graphics – free
- Chase the Lion | National Community Church’s site for message resources centered around the book In the Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day – free
- FaithWorks | A service from Christianity Today that includes PowerPoint backgrounds, series helps, and videos – free and paid options
- Crazy Church | Free church resources from a number of local churches
- North Point Ministry Resources | A list of links to messages, music, things for purchase, small group info and more from the church in Alpharetta, GA
- Creative MYK | Free photos and graphics for churches. There’s some quality stuff here…
ADMINISTRATIVE INFO
- North Point Ministries Administration | A behind-the-scenes look at the strategy and processes North Point has used to establish their administrative culture. Free documents to download and more.
