Thank you for taking the time to participate in the City Group Leader Survey.  Your response is beneficial to me. Ultimately, I think it also benefits you, because it helps me improve the content for the blog and other resources.

If you have not participated in the survey and would like to do so click HERE.

Based on your comments and answers I have provided the following results and responses.  I hope they are helpful to you.

1.  Leadership posts are  the most helpful to you.

Posts with practical information about caring for/shepherding others within the context of groups are preferred.  I will continue to focus on these type of posts but will also occasionally provide content for your own personal discipleship and encouragement.

2.  There are three main problems that group leaders seem to face.

1. Commitment from group members to show up on a consistent basis.
2. Staying on topic.
3. Time.

I will continue to provide posts that address these problems.

I want to encourage you to consider using the Group Member Agreement.  This agreement is a tool that your group can use to promote and protect the purpose, health, and growth of your City Group.  Using this agreement let’s your group members know that you are serious about your time together and that you are asking them to share that same level of commitment.  It also addresses each of the three problems mentioned above.

Here are a few posts from last year that may be helpful to review.

Managing Your Time

Balancing Social Time With Study Time

Guiding An Awkward Conversation

3.  Group leaders want to know what other group leaders are up to.

I hear this all the time, “What are other leaders doing?”  Whether it concerns their specific study, what day they meet, what time they meet, etc.

I want to share this information but I need your help to do so!  Would you email me e.doyle@mycfm.org and tell me the following four things?

1. How long after your group started meeting did you notice that it really began to gel?
2. What is one thing that your group has done that has been beneficial to its success?
3. What is one thing that your group has done that seemed to stunt or stifle it?
4. What is one success story that has taken place in your group?

Sharing your thoughts in the comment section  of the blog, email, or using social media is a great to stay connected.  Throughout the year there are also City Group Leader Nights which are a way for group leaders to regroup, be encouraged, and get prepared for group leadership.

There is also a group set up on Facebook for CFM City Group Leaders.  Those of you that I could find on Facebook I already added to the group (you can leave the group if you prefer) but, if you’re not already, and you want to join the group (I hope you do!) click HERE.  The group is for Church on Fire Ministries group leaders. It is a way to communicate, share ideas, and stay connected with each other.

4.  With the exception of a few really big groups (Why Multiplication Matters), most of the groups are the same size.

The typical group size ranges from five to nine people.

5.  Here are some of the topics that have been requested be addressed.  (I plan to provide new content as well, but in the meantime here are some posts that relate to your interests.)

1. How To Raise Up New Leaders (For review check out: No Timothy, No Future & Identifying Leadership
2. How To Get People Interested (For review check out: How To Introduce Others To Your City Group, How To Keep Your Invitation Engaging , What To Do When Small Group Feels Boring, & Building Trust Within Your Group)
3. How To Create Accountability & Manage Time (For review see the posts suggested in point two.)
4. Discipleship – Allowing the Spirit of God to rule over the flesh (For review check out: Praying With Faith)

I got some great ideas from reviewing your answers to the survey. My goal is that together we can offer great group so that CFM continues to experience community and grow spiritually.

If you participated in the survey, thank you for taking the time to do that. I truly appreciate it.