Breakthrough: Creating a New Scorecard for Group Ministry Success
A church without discipleship is just a gathering.

It is an important distinction that many pastors and leaders have known for years. In leading their churches well, pastors have provided a trustworthy curriculum, enlisted gifted teachers, and have made sure to offer times for members to gather and fellowship with each other. However, amid all these gatherings, one question kept popping up among leaders, “How do we know if what we are doing is working?”

Over the years, leaders have tried to answer this question with numbers. If people attended these groups and seemed to enjoy the material, then they must be finding success. Ken Braddy, the director of Sunday school for Lifeway Christian Resources, felt that there had to be a better way to measure what matters. In Breakthrough, Ken guides leaders to measure their groups by observing if they are discipling each other, if they are caring for others in and outside of their group, and if they are engaging in acts of service. Breakthrough offers a new scorecard for leaders to not only track the progress of their groups but measure their success.
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Breakthrough: Creating a New Scorecard for Group Ministry Success
A church without discipleship is just a gathering.

It is an important distinction that many pastors and leaders have known for years. In leading their churches well, pastors have provided a trustworthy curriculum, enlisted gifted teachers, and have made sure to offer times for members to gather and fellowship with each other. However, amid all these gatherings, one question kept popping up among leaders, “How do we know if what we are doing is working?”

Over the years, leaders have tried to answer this question with numbers. If people attended these groups and seemed to enjoy the material, then they must be finding success. Ken Braddy, the director of Sunday school for Lifeway Christian Resources, felt that there had to be a better way to measure what matters. In Breakthrough, Ken guides leaders to measure their groups by observing if they are discipling each other, if they are caring for others in and outside of their group, and if they are engaging in acts of service. Breakthrough offers a new scorecard for leaders to not only track the progress of their groups but measure their success.
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Breakthrough: Creating a New Scorecard for Group Ministry Success

Breakthrough: Creating a New Scorecard for Group Ministry Success

by Ken Braddy
Breakthrough: Creating a New Scorecard for Group Ministry Success

Breakthrough: Creating a New Scorecard for Group Ministry Success

by Ken Braddy

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Overview

A church without discipleship is just a gathering.

It is an important distinction that many pastors and leaders have known for years. In leading their churches well, pastors have provided a trustworthy curriculum, enlisted gifted teachers, and have made sure to offer times for members to gather and fellowship with each other. However, amid all these gatherings, one question kept popping up among leaders, “How do we know if what we are doing is working?”

Over the years, leaders have tried to answer this question with numbers. If people attended these groups and seemed to enjoy the material, then they must be finding success. Ken Braddy, the director of Sunday school for Lifeway Christian Resources, felt that there had to be a better way to measure what matters. In Breakthrough, Ken guides leaders to measure their groups by observing if they are discipling each other, if they are caring for others in and outside of their group, and if they are engaging in acts of service. Breakthrough offers a new scorecard for leaders to not only track the progress of their groups but measure their success.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781087757698
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/16/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 1 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Ken Braddy is the director of Sunday school for Lifeway Christian Resources and has managed ongoing Bible studies for adults over the past decade. Ken has served on three church staffs as a discipleship pastor. His first church began as a mission with forty-four people in groups on launch day, and grew to more than twenty-four hundred members, becoming the fastest growing Sunday school in Texas. He led a Nashville area church to become the fastest growing Sunday school in Tennessee by percentage growth. Ken has trained thousands of Bible study leaders all over the country. 

Ken blogs weekly about Sunday school and small groups. He has authored or compiled seven books on the topic and has written numerous articles for Facts & Trends magazine, Outreach.com, ChurchLeader.com, and Lifeway Voices. His six-session Bible study in the Bible Studies for Life series was studied by 1.6M adults and teens. 

Ken and his wife Tammy have been married thirty-five years, have two grown sons, one daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Preface xi

How to Use This Book xvii

Measurement 1 Learn and Obey God's Word

Chapter 1 Are Group Members Growing as Disciples? 3

Chapter 2 Are Bible Studies Well Prepared and Engaging? 19

Chapter 3 Are Apprentice Leaders Identified and Developed? 47

Chapter 4 Are New Groups Started Regularly? 63

Measurement 2 Invite People to Become Disciples

Chapter 5 Are Prayers Focused on the Lost? 79

Chapter 6 Are Group Members Eating with "Sinners and Tax Collectors"? 91

Chapter 7 Are New Persons Invited to Connect with the Group? 102

Chapter 8 Are Group Members Initiating Gospel Conversations? 113

Measurement 3 Form Deeper Relationships

Chapter 9 Are Groups Organized to Care for People? 131

Chapter 10 How Balanced Are Connection and Content? 141

Chapter 11 Do Newcomers Experience Biblical Hospitality? 155

Chapter 12 Are Microgroups Strengthening Relationships? 164

Measurement 4 Engage in Acts of Service

Chapter 13 Are Groups Making a Difference in the Community? 179

Chapter 14 Are Group Members Encouraged to Serve in the Church? 190

Chapter 15 Do People Serve on the Group's Leadership Team? 200

Chapter 16 Does the Group Encourage and Pray for the Pastor? 217

Epilogue 227

About the Author 231

Notes 233

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