Creating Community, Revised & Updated Edition Five Keys to Building a Thriving Small Group Culture

Learn how to foster meaningful, lasting connections within your community, whether face-to-face or online, by creating a small-group culture through a proven five-step strategy.

Now, more than ever, people need community. Though digital “connections” are skyrocketing in today’s culture, deep relationships are in steep decline. People are eating out (and on the run) more—and going into an office less. As evidence of the stress on our social fabric, rates of loneliness and isolation, along with mental health issues, continue to climb.
 
Our need for community is clear, and people are turning to churches to find a place to connect, belong, and grow.
 
You know that a healthy small-group environment doesn’t just happen. It requires a clear vision, a thoughtful plan, and an experienced guide. It takes intentional effort to make it a reality. This book lays out the plan you need, whether your group is meeting in person or digitally, to intentionally build meaningful, lasting connections and spiritual growth in your church community.

Andy Stanley is the founder of North Point Ministries, a megachurch comprised of six churches in the Atlanta area, serving nearly 70,000 people weekly, making it one of the largest churches in the United States. Stanley received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Georgia State University and later earned a master’s degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. Andy has also authored more than twenty books including Ask It, Visioneering, Enemies of the Heart, Deep & Wide, and Next Generation Leader. He and his wife, Sandra, live in Georgia and have three grown children.

Bill Willits is the executive director of Ministry Environments for North Point Ministries. Bill is a graduate of Florida State University and Dallas Theological Seminary and has previously served on other church staffs in Atlanta and Dallas, Texas. His most important small group consists of his wife, Terry, and their daughter, Bailey.