Assessment and solution for seven common obstacles to building small groups. It s one thing to start a small group ministry. It s another to keep the groups in your church healthy and headed in the same direction. Whatever your church s approach may be---whether it is a church with groups or of groups--- sooner or later, as a leader, you ll need to do some troubleshooting. That s when the expert, to-the-point guidance in this book will prove its worth. The beauty of this book lies in its unique diagnostic process. It allows you to assess, diagnose, and correct seven common deadly sins that can drain the life from your church s small group ministry. In The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry, what would take you years to learn through trial and error is distilled into some of the most useful information you can find. Drawing on the knowledge they ve gleaned from working inside Willow Creek Community Church, from consulting with hundreds of churches, and from conducting conferences and seminars worldwide, small group experts Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson furnish you with proven, real-life solutions to the toughest problems in your small group ministry. This is not theory---it is hands-on material you can read and apply today."