June 16, 2009

Group Life Update

From Greg Bowman

 During the first months of 2009 the Group Life team and the WCA have been evaluating new strategies and technologies to better serve the local church during tough economic times. I want to update you on some of the resulting changes to the 2009 Group Life Conference that will impact our guests. Read more...

February 16, 2009

Showing Our Age

From Dave Treat

Washington Times columnist Julia Duin writes that the group movement is "showing its age." If I can scooch my walker a little closer to my laptop, I will try to peck out a response. Read more...

November 21, 2008

California, Here We Come!

From Dave Treat

The Group Life Conference West is coming to Mariners Church in Irvine, California in January. Can't think of a better way to warm up your winter. Read more...

October 13, 2008

Welcome!

From Dave Treat

Welcome to our new home! For the past 18 months the Group Life Online Community - our blog - has been hosted and well-served by TypePad. Starting today, we're moving to our new home as part of the Group Life Web site. Look around... you'll see most of the same features we had on the old site, but in a more robust format capable of serving you well into the future.

If you are an existing email or RSS subscriber, you don't need to do anything. Your email address has been switched and our RSS feed has been redirected so you won't see any interruption in service.

If you would like to become a subscriber:

To receive all future Group Life posts in your email, click the word "email" to the right of the word "Subscribe" in the upper right-hand corner of the main blog page.

To subscribe via RSS: Simply click on the RSS icon (or the word "Posts") in the upper right-hand corner of the main blog page. Our feed information will be added to your feed reeder.

Poke around... all of the posts and comments from the old site are here. Let us know what you think... and enjoy!

July 15, 2008

Why I Love Groups: Alan Hirsch

From Dave Treat

Why Do I Love Small Groups? Alan Hirsh's answer has been added to our collection at Group Life TV.

Hirsch_alan_70_98 Alan is the director of Forge Australia. Known for his innovative approach to missions, Alan is a teacher and key mission strategist for churches across the western world. His book The Shaping of Things to Come is widely considered to be a seminal text on missions. Alan’s latest book, The Forgotten Ways, has quickly become a key reference for missional thinking, particularly as it relates to movements. Alan is an adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary and lectures frequently throughout Australia, Europe, and the U.S. He is the co-founder of www.shapevine.com,a forum for engaging with world-transforming ideas. He blogs at www.theforgottenways.org. Watch GLTV: Why I Love Small Groups