Beginning in May of this year, Richard Boureston wrote a 3-part series on "Why Small Groups are Causing the Church to Fail." I would like to respond to some of the articles' points and suggest that his main premise in fact leads to a completely different conclusion. You can read the original posting on http://orangecountychurch.wordpress.com here.
I must begin by
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Do you meet with Christians for worship, fellowship, and instruction outside of your weekend or midweek service? Do you do it regularly? With relatively the same people? If not, you're missing out on a dynamic that is so incredibly conducive to spiritual growth! I'm talking about the concept of small groups (some churches call them community groups, connect groups etc.)
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