How do I measure the health of my Small Group?

How do you measure the health of your Small Group? I think it’s very important that we periodically look at the Small Group and one of the things that I’ve employed within the Small Groups that I’ve been a part of is assess how the people are doing mentally, how they’re doing physically, but more importantly, how they’re doing spiritually. One of the things that it says in 1 Corinthians 13 is there are three principles that Christians really should hold onto very dearly and that’s faith, hope, and love.

In terms of a Small Group, ask yourself, “What are we doing in terms of love?” Love is the most important thing. Are you spending time together? Is that love overflowing out of your Small Group and going into the community? More importantly, is it going into the church in terms of service? Are you spending time together where you’re experiencing life and life abundantly together?

My Small Groups typically enjoy going to each other’s athletic events, whether it’s softball or soccer. We enjoy spending special event time together. We go to fireworks displays together on the 4^th of July. And it’s awesome to watch that love amongst all of the members of the Small Group really show itself within the community and especially within the church. A Small Group needs to be able to define themselves by what it is that they bring to the community and especially what they bring to the church. That is really a good indicator of how healthy your Small Group is.