Sam Neal has posted a great article called “When Is a Small Group ‘Just Another Meeting’?†on BuildingChurchLeaders.com. In it, he tells the story of Randy Frazee, who hand selected a model small group to lead, and then learned that the most exciting event of the evening was happening right next door in his neighborhood. He began to question whether his group was as important as he had thought.

Sam asks some excellent questions in this article and lists five ways to decide if it’s time to move on. Well worth reading.

However, I would also question the idea of a pastor hand picking a model group of the cool people. Why would he not model ministering to the more challenging people in the church? Why would he not minister to his neighbors by hosting a Tough Questions group? Something for all of us to think about…. Yes, we want to look good and have a relatively easy group to manage. But where might we serve the kingdom best? Your thoughts?

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