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A New Approach to Online Life Groups

October 25, 2017October 24, 2017 Tom Pounder 2 Comments Discipleship, life groups, online

Life Groups for an Online Campuses are still relatively new and developing. How you do them, what you cover and

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Celebrating the Numbers you do have

November 9, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Discipleship, family ministry, life groups, numbers, outreach, small groups, student ministry

Numbers are so much apart of how ministries judge effectiveness. And they DO MATTER. However, there can be times when we

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MinWrap 7.17

July 17, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments happiness, life groups, love, mother teresa, relationships, small groups, summer, video content

Well, here are some of the things you may have missed in the ministry world… Stat of the week: Still

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MinWrap 6.26

June 26, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments 5sGIF, Dale Partridge, digital strategy, fun, gif, humor, life groups, online community, online life group, social media, student ministry

Here are some of the things you may have missed in the ministry world… Stat of the week: For Instagram,

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Building a Church through Life Groups

April 8, 2015February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Discipleship, extensions, home groups, life groups, rick warren, saddleback community church, small groups

Today’s podcasts looks something new Saddleback Community Church is doing with their Life Groups that can help grow their church.   Episode

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iMinistry Conference Day 1 Recap

October 20, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments bible studies, broadcast, church online, leaders, life groups, online church, outreach, rebroadcast, satellite campus, small groups, social media, volunteers

I’m no stranger to conferences. I’ve been going to conferences since 1997 when I started doing Student Ministry. However this

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More than just Curriculum

October 9, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments app, christians, conference, employment, lead small, Leadership, life groups, marriage, married people, ministers, pastors, rethink, small groups, social media

When I talk to people about Orange, one thing always usually comes up…curriculum.   People alway refer to Orange as just

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Lead Small and Win Big!

September 24, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 2 Comments app, apple, curriculum, goweekly, lead small, life groups, rethink, small groups, social media, Strategy, technology

A few months ago, reThink introduce the Lead Small App for smartphones. At the time, I wrote that it was

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Orange DC Tour Stop Main Session Highlights

October 11, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments carey nieuwhof, community, dc, life groups, love, mark batterson, orange, reggie joiner, small groups, thinkorange, washington

The Orange Tour Stops rolled through Washington, DC on Friday to share with over 500 Children, Student and Family Ministers

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Orange ’13 Preconference: “Transitioning to a Lead Small Church” Notes

April 24, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments conferences, curriculum, families, family, home groups, life groups, ministry, orange, orange 2013, rethink, small groups, Students, youth

Sue Miller led this discussion. Why is Change needed? What circles need to know about this?  The people above you,

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