Tools and guides to help you plant, lead and multiply house to house community in your sphere of influence!

Vision & Values of Lifegroup

We want you to be equipped in the vision and values of Lifegroups, both for yourself and for those you lead.

• Vision Study Guide: What is the heart of Lifegroup? ->

• Value Study Guide: Devotion to Scripture ->

• Value Study Guide: Devotion to Fellowship & Breaking Bread ->

• Value Study Guide: Devotion to Prayer ->

• Value Study Guide: The Presence and Power of God ->

• Value Study Guide: The Lost Being Saved and Added ->

• Value Study Guide: Christlike Leaders and Leadership Teams ->

• Value Study Guide: Lifegroup & The 5 Circles of Church ->

Toolbox

Every good toolbox starts with quality, classic tools. When you're getting started, you don't need a workshop full of specialty tools to build something beautiful. You can accomplish remarkable things by mastering the basics: a hammer, screwdriver, pliers and tape measure.

After thirty years of Lifegroups in Waco and around the world, here are thirty proven, classic tools that have helped thousands of leaders just like you plant, lead and multiply healthy Lifegroups.

You won’t need all of these to get started, but over your first year of leading these tools will help you get off to a strong start, and will be classics you come back to again and again

As you grow in leadership, you'll naturally add more specialized tools to your kit. But start here—these are the essentials every master builder needs.

Basics:

• Classic Lifegroup Rhythms and Formats

• Pre-Meeting & Planning for the Night of Lifegroup

• Hospitality Checklist For Lifegroup Night

• 50 Community Building Questions For Lifegroup

• Sharing Testimonies in Lifegroup

• Leading Worship in Lifegroup

• Leading Discussion in Lifegroup

• Leading Prayer Ministry in Lifegroup

Prayer Tools

• Ways to pray for your Lifegroup

• 10 Scriptures to Pray For Your Lifegroup

• Alphabet of Praise Tool

• Praying With Your Lifegroup Using the Lord’s Prayer

• 7 Biblical Prayers to Pray for the Lost

• Prayer Request & Answers Board Tool

Discipleship Tools:

• Organizing Discipleship Groups in Lifegroup

• Discipleship Lessons

Evangelism Tools

• Growing an Evangelist Culture in Lifegroups Tool

• Oikos Evangelism Tool

• Training Your Group Members in our Basic Evangelism Tools

Community Building Tools

• Community Building Activities List

• Conflict Resolution Process Tool

• HELP Pastoral Care Tool

• Kids & Lifegroups

• Following Up With New People

Planting New Lifegroups (Multiplication Tools)

• Seasons of a Lifegroup

• Planting Readiness - Readiness assessment tool

• Planting Timeline Process - 5-week preparation schedule

• New Group Launch Sequence - 4-meeting startup format

Leadership Tools

• Lifegroup Leader Role Description

• What to Look for in a New Potential Leader

• Apprenticing a New Lifegroup Leader Process