GPC Group Central

 

Life Group Leader Resources

Group Central is your hub for Life Group Leader resources.  A variety of easy to use resources, materials, links and reference documents have been assembled for simple access using the menu shown to the left.  This online library will be updated periodically, so bookmark this site and check back often.  If you have ideas for content or how to maximize the value of this resource site for you and other leaders, drop an email to Pastor Mike @ [email protected].


 Life Groups: origins

Biblical and Christ-centered community has always been much more than a Sunday morning affair.  From the very beginnings of the "church" in Jerusalem followers of the "Way of Christ" met in the temple courts (like our church services) and then "in homes daily."  It was in the context of relationships and community that individuals pursued the fullness of life in Christ together, encouraging each other and spurring each other on in the "great race of faith."  At Grace Point Church we model that same concept through Life Groups.


Life Groups: purpose

Grace Point Church exists as a community of believers to "lead unsaved people to a life of full devotion to Jesus Christ."  That purpose breathes into what, why and how we do everything.  Full devotion can seem like a vague concept, so we frame that through a missional measure of the G5 (Grace, Gifts, Growth, Give and Go).  For Life Groups the very same purpose drives the identity and objectives - to grow towards full devotion living.  It's not about how many people pass through your living room, how many times you've multiplied, how many projects you've served in together - the mark of a missionally healthy and effective Life Group is the growth of each person towards increasingly full devotion to Jesus Christ.  Everything else flows out of that and is gravy, or fruit of the transformational effect of life in Christ.