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2 Pastoral-Multiplier: Small Group Shepherding
-SESSION 2- Pastoral-Multiplier: Small Group Shepherding John Elmore

3 Distinctives of Community (Small Groups)
Shepherding by Delegation of Authority Discipleship by life-on-life Requirement for membership Annual Assessment for Health and Growth with RX Values lived weekly SMALL GROUP SHEPHERDING

4 Shepherding Small Group Structure
Elders “place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds (~ people) of fifties (~40-50 people) and of tens (~8-10 people) Exodus 18:21 Community Directors (~75 Grps) Community Shepherds (~5 Grps) Community Group Leaders (~8 People) Community Groups Members SMALL GROUP SHEPHERDING

5 Community Core Values Devote Daily Pursue Relationally Live Authentically Admonish Faithfully Counsel Biblically Engage Missionally ________ OUT OF 250 Faithful WM Members knew the Community Core Values. SMALL GROUP SHEPHERDING

6 Lived, NOT Learned: Community Questions
Devote Daily Pursue Relationally Live Authentically Admonish Faithfully Counsel Biblically Engage Missionally How have you fed your soul? How have you fed the flesh? How have you fed others? SMALL GROUP SHEPHERDING

7 Three Community Models
Missional Evangelistic, but Emaciated Shepherding Holy, but Huddled Kingdom-Minded Discipling and Shepherding SMALL GROUP SHEPHERDING

8 Assessing Health and Growth
WM DNA Community group assessment Director quarterly touch Shepherd monthly touch Community Group SMALL GROUP SHEPHERDING

9 Group Launch: Assimilating People Into Groups
Become a member (3 week class) Community Formation to connect with others (6-8 wks) Grouped by: men/women/married, life-stage, geography and more Shepherd/Launcher for values lived and modeled SMALL GROUP SHEPHERDING

10 Training Director (staff) and Shepherd (lay)—training, equipping, and encouragement Leader lunches, leader huddles Leader Training Guide On-the-job training Community App and Community Questions Community Group Assessment SMALL GROUP SHEPHERDING

11 Additional Resources Additional community resources: watermark.org/communityresources “Ted-Talk” community leader training videos: watermark.org/bettertogether App – search Watermark Community Questions/Help: SMALL GROUP SHEPHERDING

12 Community Team Q & A


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