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Growing churches have developed a system of small groups where individual believers can find intimate community, practical help, and intense spiritual interaction. In these groups, people not only discuss biblical texts and listen to their leader's interesting explanations, but they apply biblical insights to the questions the participants have about everyday life issues...

The secret of holistic small groups is (a) to nurture the heads, the hands, and the hearts of the participants, and (b) to bring these three dimensions into balance...

Excerpts from Color Your World with Natural Church Development - Christian A. Schwarz

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    What's in a Name? Why We shouldn't call a Small Group - a "Group" Submitted by Anonymous 19 Feb 08

    NCD tells us that Small Groups - healthy ones - are the most crucial factor in the quality of churches. But how to keep them these effective?

    I've been wondering whether the name "group" doesn't convey a hidden, counter-productive message that undercuts "holistic". Reading Roland Allen recently ("The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church and the Reasons that Hinder it") has crystallised this issue for me.

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