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Making Small Groups Work

By: Dr. John Townsend,Dr. Henry Cloud
Narrated by: Dr. Henry Cloud,Dr. John Townsend
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No matter what need brings a group of people together, from marriage enrichment to divorce recovery, from grief recovery to spiritual formation, members are part of a small group because they want to grow. This book by psychologists Henry Cloud and John Townsend provides small-group leaders with valuable guidance and information on how they can help their groups to grow spiritually, emotionally, and relationally.

With insights from their best-selling book How People Grow, Cloud and Townsend show how God's plan for growth is made up of three key elements: grace plus truth plus time. When groups embrace those elements, they find God's grace and forgiveness and learn how to handle their imperfections without shame as they model God's love and support to one another.

In addition to describing what makes small groups work, Making Small Groups Work explains the roles and responsibilities of both leaders and group members. Employing tenets from the book How People Grow, this book equips leaders to understand the ins and outs of how to promote growth; and using principles from their best-selling book Boundaries, they show how to identify and find solutions for common problems such as boredom, noncompliance, passivity, aggression, narcissism, spiritualization, over-neediness, over-giving, and nonstop talking.

©2003 Henry Cloud and John Townsend (P)2003 The Zondervan Corporation

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Great resource

The information received was excellent for anyone who leads a small group. This a resource I will listen to again and again. Thanks

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A must get for facilitators!!!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes because I want my friends to be successful.

Who was your favorite character and why?

both were my favorite.

Have you listened to any of Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, this is just excellent.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No, but I loved it.

Any additional comments?

I listen to it more than once because there is so much wisdom to catch.

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A must read for those leading ministry groups

I love that the authors address common issues in groups and emphasize the importance of protecting the group

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Small Group Leaders Need to Read this

This is the most practical book on how to run small groups. Thanks to this book my church runs a highly successful mens small groups. To where the men stay really long to discuss what’s on their mind and hearts weekly. So thankful to be able to use this resource. It’s changed lives

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Valuable insights for leading a small group

I found the content to be very helpful in learning how to effectively lead a small group and navigate challenges that occur in small groups. The content was dry at times and I had trouble staying engaged sometimes or motivated to listen to it, but overall, I found the book to be helpful.

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tough read/listen

struggled to finish this book...lots of content and not sure if all of it is necessary.

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