SMALL GROUP LEADERSHIP THAT TRANSFORMS WITH RICK HOWERTON
* All of us have fallen or will fall into every one of the "life"situation" categories at some time in our lives.* Tribal group members may have a "Mark 9:24 "perspective of Scripture.
* God is a person, not a genie in a bottle.
* Faith is belief + doubt and acting on the belief part, and letting God be God.
* Tribal group members will "investigate" then "embrace" the truth rather than "embrace then investigate" it.
* Tribal group members need to discover truth in "community".
* Tribal group members are comfortable firmly planted in a "Deuteronomy 29:29"mindset.
* It's ok to live in a mystery, I can't think in the same dimension as God.
* Tribal CMC members today are more likely to have "emotional"trigger"points "than before.
* When we recognize triggers, we can lead them to healing.
* Most welcome "dialogue" but will shut their minds off if the Bible study, by design or not, becomes a "monologue".
* If group members cant speak openly/honestly about what they think, they wont hear what you are saying.
* Tribal group members are hearing "voices" that are not in the room.
* Tribal small-group members will not always accept that the author of the study or the lecturer on the DVD is the "final"authority".
* If they have baggage with the local church, they probably wont hear the pastor as an authority.
10. Tribal small-group members need the freedom to discuss other "belief"systems".
Spiritual growth begins with discomfort.
Many times Jesus left people with a ? instead of an ! Allow time for people to process what they are hearing.
When God's opinion is hard, help them accept a hard opinion.
Give your small group members time to investigate truth, they will embrace it in God's time.
