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SG² Steve Gladen on Small Groups — 275 episodes
Lobby interview with Bill Donahue (Win a Signed Copy of " How to Lead Life-Changing Small Groups)
Steve's Breaking News & 4 Types of Groups Every Church Needs
10 Building Blocks To Engineer A Dynamic Small Group Ministry
How do you keep the ministry PEOPLE focused verse PROGRAM focus
The real question you should be asking.
5 Ways We Can All Lead Better
5 Small Group Strategies for 2026
Evangelism Made Easy For Small Groups (Classic Episode)
5 Ways to Lead Effectively
10 Ideas For Engaging Upset Members
SGN Update #3 & 10 Things That Could Be A Part Of Your Group Guidelines
5 Tips to Set Your Small Groups Up Strong
A New Day At The Small Group Network (BONUS EPISODE)
7 Ways Your Small Group Leaders Can Have The Best Summer Ever
The Best Part of Your Week: How to Make Groups Fun, Relational, and Life-Giving - Featuring Brad Shank
3 mistakes to avoid with your Lead Pastor
The 4 "K"s of Small Group Ministry Spring Cleaning
5 Emotional Refreshments for You & Your Groups (Replay)
Special Episode from the Group Answers Podcast with Chris Surratt and Steve Gladen
4 Steps to a Strategic 2025
TOP SMALL GROUP MAIL BAG QUESTIONS (Part 3)
TOP SMALL GROUP MAIL BAG QUESTIONS (Part 2)
Top Small Group Mail Bag Questions
🎂EPISODE 250🎂 - 20 Ways To Honor Your Groups Leaders
10 Ways Your Small Group can Evangelize!
10 Ways to Worship in your Small Group
10 Ways Your Small Group Can Serve
How to Start a Small Group Ministry
The Saddleback Small Group Difference
March 2024 The Lobby Panel
Think critically: Accomplish More with Less
Creating an Environment for Spiritual Growth with Dr. Bill Donahue
Interviewing Nicky Gumbel - Vicar, Holy Trinity Brompton, and Pioneer of the Alpha Course
How To Move From Making Friends To Reaching Friends
Treasure Hunt: How to Find the Gold
How To Move From Making Friends To Reaching Friends
Leading Up or Sucking up? How to lead up & lead out
Is Sermon-Based Curriculum Hazardous to your Small Group’s Health?
8 Steps to Successful Recruiting
What We Can Learn From The 5 Words That Changed Amazon
How To Disciple People, Not Just Lead Groups
The 5 Levels of True Fellowship
5 Steps to Creating a Workplace Ministry
4 Consequences You Need to Avoid
The 5 Levels of True Fellowship
How To Connect To Everyone In Your Church!
4 Consequences You Need to Avoid
7 Ways CRM Can Improve Discipleship!
3 Areas for Your Groups to Shine in Today’s Culture
Current and Future Group Trends w/ Rick Warren (Part 2)
Current and Future Group Trends w/ Rick Warren (Part 1)
10 Strategic Tips for Follow Up with Small Group Leaders
5 Areas to Reimagine Coaching
4 Vital Trainings, Which Are You Missing?
Current and Future Group Trends w/ Rick Warren
7 Thoughts on How DATA Can Help You
5th Wednesday: Crawl, Walk, Or Run Into The Future Of Small Groups
10 Principles of Exponential Thinking
Sermon-Based Curriculum w/ Dave Enns
Outreach in Small Groups
Should Groups Gather During Summer?
Recruiting Leaders
4 Reasons to Throw Small Group Parties
The 3 Layers of Stacking
How BIG can a SMALL GROUP get?
The 5 Benefits of Belonging
Is Sermon-Based Curriculum Hazardous to your Small Group’s Health?
What We Can Learn From The 5 Words That Changed Amazon
3 Key Ways Leadership Coaching Can Help You
The 5 Levels of True Fellowship
4 Consequences You Need to Avoid
How To Have A Successful Retreat
3 Areas for Your Groups to Shine in Today’s Culture
Best of 2022: 5 Areas to Reimagine Coaching
Current and Future Group Trends w/ Rick Warren
5 Ways to Start the Year Right
Evangelism Made Easy for Small Groups
20 Ways to Celebrate Your Leaders
3 Leadership Pipelines You Must Have In Your Groups Ministry (Part 3)
3 Leadership Pipelines You Must Have In Your Groups Ministry (Part 2)
5th Wednesday: Celebrating Sabbath In Community With Ruth Haley Barton
3 Leadership Pipelines You Must Have In Your Groups Ministry (part 1)
Church Wide Campaign: How to Grow your Small Group Ministry by 300%
Should Small Groups Meet Over Summer?
Small Groups: 10 Principles of Exponential Thinking
The Reading Lenz with Nick Lenzi has moved!
Leadership Journey With Bill Search: Featuring John Ortberg - Now On A New Channel
Carolyn's Show Has Moved!
5 Areas to Reimagine Coaching
5th Wednesday: Crawl, Walk, Or Run Into The Future Of Small Groups
READING LENZ: What It Takes To Be Successful w/ Peter Englert
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Coaching Leaders of Tired Groups - Part 2
HERE TO THERE: Leading Millennials and Gen Z in the Church
READING LENZ REWIND: On Homecoming and Belong
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Coaching Leaders of Tired Groups - Part 1
HERE TO THERE: How to Sustain a Healthy Marriage While in Ministry
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: 3 Areas for your Groups to Shine in 2022 - UNITY, DIVERSITY & CIVILITY
READING LENZ: Creating Group Habits
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: GroupTalk Rewind - The 4 P's of Leadership
HERE TO THERE: Bible Recap & D-Groups
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: 4 Musts to Make 2022 Successful
Small Group Stories
READING LENZ: 2021 Year End Review
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Navigating the Inevitable Challenges Group Face (Part 2)
HERE TO THERE: Book Talk - Live No Lies by John Mark Comer w/ Andrew Camp and Nick Lenzi
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: Get ready 2022—Lobby!—6 Questions to Survive the Attacks—2 Duties of Leadership
READING LENZ: How To Host Friends w/ Guest Sarah Neral
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Navigating the Inevitable Challenges Groups Face (Part 1)
HERE TO THERE: 5 Things Not to Do when Coaching Group Leaders (Replay)
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: Fall Updates, Growth Spurt, What’s the Path, 3 Must Have Answers, CRT
READING LENZ: Making Ideas Stick w/ JW Hilliard
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: 10 Rules of Spiritual Leadership
HERE TO THERE: Leading Married Couples Groups – Key Practices For Making Them Better
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: New Launch Ideas, Networking 101, Dream Management, The Bible is HOT!
HOW TO BE A SMALL GROUP LEADER: Part 5 w/ Shelley Leith
HOW TO BE A SMALL GROUP LEADER: Part 4 w/ Jay Kranda
HOW TO BE A SMALL GROUP LEADER: Part 3 w/ Jon Laster
HOW TO BE A SMALL GROUP LEADER: Part 2 w/ JT Black
HOW TO BE A SMALL GROUP LEADER: Part 1 w/ Joel Donis
READING LENZ: The Other Half of The Church
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Leading Men
HERE TO THERE: Creating Community: Five Keys to Building a Thriving Small Group Culture
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: 4 Vital Trainings, Which Are You Missing?
READING LENZ: Don't Be The Hero
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: 4 Steps of Spiritual Leadership
HERE TO THERE: Workplace Small Groups
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: Who’s Replacing Rick—Let the Pipeline Begin!—Digital Madness—4 Fall Planning Keys
READING LENZ: Being Ted Lasso with Your Small Groups
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Integrity, Obedience, and the Word
HERE TO THERE: Building a Multiethnic Church or Small Group - Why It Matters and First Steps Toward an Integrated Gospel Community
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: The 5 R’s of Summer
5th Wednesday: Aligning Small Groups With Church Communications
READING LENZ: The Art of the Gathering
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Foundations of Leadership
HERE TO THERE: Discipling MS & HS Students Through Small Groups
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: Is Sermon-Based Curriculum Hazardous to your Small Group’s Health?
READING LENZ: Eliminating Church Silos
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Upgrading Your Prayer Time w/ Kyle Strobel
HERE TO THERE: Introducing Our New SGN Development Pastor!
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: What We Can Learn From The 5 Words That Changed Amazon
READING LENZ: How To Lead When You're Not In Charge
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Lessons From Baseball
HERE TO THERE: How and Why People Connect into Groups w/ Steve Curran
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: Re-Booting Community: The 5 Levels of True Fellowship
READING LENZ: The Benefits of Thinking Like a Franchise Part 2
READING LENZ: The Benefits of Thinking Like A Franchise Part 1
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: How People Learn - Lessons That Lead to Transformation
HERE TO THERE: Why Churches Need Support & Recovery Groups
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: 4 Consequences You Need to Avoid!
READING LENZ - How FBI Negotiations Apply to Small Groups
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Christian Essentials w/ John Dickerson
HERE TO THERE: Digital Disciple Making
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: 3 Areas for Your Groups to Shine in Today’s Culture
Reading Lenz: What Pixar Teaches Us About Small Groups
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Keys To a Better Year
HERE TO THERE: How to Engage Your Senior Pastor In Groups w/ Allen White
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: Current and Future Group Trends w/ Rick Warren
GROUP TALK UNITED: 12 Silver Linings from 2020
READING LENZ: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: 10 Commitments for 2021
HERE TO THERE: Bi-vocational Pastors and Why You Want Them in Your Groups Ministry
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: Four 2020 Crisis Fatigue Busters
READING LENZ: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging with Tommy Carreras
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Dealing with Leadership Challenges in the Covid Era
HERE TO THERE: How Do Leaders and Groups Learn Best? w/ Josh Rose, PhD
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: 4 Ways to Reset for 2021
READING LENZ: Canoeing the Mountain w/ Kiersten Telzerow
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: The Problem of Discipleship
HERE TO THERE: Mental Health – Can Anyone be in a Small Group?
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: 4 Areas Where Change Must Happen
UNITED: Leadership Wisdom You Need Going Into the Final Stretch of 2020
READING LENZ: Extreme Ownership
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
HERE TO THERE: Leading Small Groups that Thrive
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: 5 Emotional Refreshments for You & Your Groups
READING LENZ: Daring Greatly
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY: Our Unknown Small Group Heritage
HERE TO THERE: Online Training for Leaders - Why, How, & What
INSIDE SADDLEBACK: What are the New Wineskins?
Reading Lenz: Know Who You're For
Leadership Journey: The 4 P's of Leadership
Here To There: What's next? Thinking through SG ministry in the "new normal"
Inside Saddleback: Navigating Pandemics, Protests & Politics
Group Talk United: Unveiling the New 4 Show Lineup
7 COVID Re-entry Musts for the Small Group Point Person
Developing an Anti-Racist Culture in Your Small Group
Your Small Group’s Role Against Racism
7 Springs to Keep in Your Step During Covid-19
10 Commandments for Your Small Groups During Covid-19
Give Feedback so People Grow and Receive Feedback so You Grow w/ Bill Donahue
4 Questions For Re-entry After COVID-19
Tips for Overcoming Video Conferencing Fatigue
20 Things Your Small Groups Can Do Virtually Together
Protecting Your Mental Health & Helping Your Leaders Thrive Emotionally During COVID-19
Steve Gladen: So You Launched Online Small Groups, Now What?
10 Checkpoints to Know if Your Small Group Ministry is Healthy during COVID-19
5 Ways to Launch Online Small Groups NOW during COVID-19
5 Ways to Keep Community Vibrant through COVID-19
BOOK TALK: Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt
STEVE GLADEN: Outreach in Small Groups
STEVE GLADEN: Recruiting Leaders
INTERVIEWS: Using the Enneagram in Groups w/ Chris Surratt
Steve Gladen: 4 Reasons to Throw Small Group Parties
Steve Gladen: The 3 Layers of Stacking
STEVE GLADEN: The 5 Benefits of Belonging
BONUS EPISODE: Previewing New GroupTalk Show!
Vision For Breakthrough In Your Small Group Ministry w/ Steve Gladen
7 Ways The SGN Can Supplement Your Small Group Ministry w/ Derek Olson
7 Childcare Solutions for Small Groups w/ Derek Olson
Issues Related to Multi-Ethnic Church and Small Groups
Equipping Leaders to Become Encouragers in their Groups [Part 2]
Becoming the Encourager-In-Chief of your Groups Ministry [Part 1]
Examining 10 Common Assumptions of Small Group Ministry (Part 2)
Examining 10 Common Assumptions of Small Group Ministry (Part 1)
Training New Group Leaders: When, Why, What, and How
Team Retreats: The Why, What, and How w/ Amy Jackon (Part 2)
Team Retreats: The Why, What, and How w/ Amy Jackson (Part 1)
Book Talk - "We Need to Talk" by Celeste Headlee w/ Andrew Camp and Nick Lenzi
Rick Warren: Small Groups & the Coming Societal Trends (Part 2)
Rick Warren: Small Groups & the Coming Societal Trends (Part 1)
Identifying and Recruiting New Leaders [Podcast]
Small Groups For Singles [Podcast]
Steve Gladen: Making Key Decisions for Critical Impact [PODCAST]
How Did You Do? Reflecting On Your 2018 [PODCAST]
How To Craft a Small Group Agreement [PODCAST]
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters [PODCAST]
What Should Groups Study? w/ Chris Surratt
Free Market Groups, Semester-Based Groups & Reaching Millennials: An Inside Look at National Community Church's Innovative Culture [PODCAST]
Steve Gladen: Ten Things To Consider When Recruiting Your Team [Podcast]
Joel Comiskey: Increasing Evangelism in Small Groups [Podcast]
Carl George: The Past, Present & Future of Small Groups Ministry [Podcast]
New Group Talk Podcast: Biblical Engagement in Small Groups
Group Talk Podcast: Live with Steve Gladen from the "Lobby Gathering"
Top 5 Things Not To Do When Coaching Small Group Leaders [Podcast]
The "Hot Topics" of Small Groups Ministry [Podcast]
Steve Gladen: Maximizing Your Small Group Budget [Podcast]
Top 5 Sticky Issues in Small Groups [2 Part Series Podcast]
Daniel Im: 5 Small Shifts To Transform Your Small Group Ministry
5 Small Shifts to Transform Your Small Group Ministry [Podcast]
Doing Groups Ministry in a Multisite Context [Podcast]
How to Launch New Groups and Find New Leaders [Podcast]
Leading from a Healthy Soul: How to Avoid Ministry Burnout [Podcast]
The Nuts & Bolts of Sermon-Based Curriculum for Small Groups [Podcast]
Small Group Terminology: Reconsidering Common Terms Used in Groups Ministry [Podcast]
Women in Leadership: Practical Issues Affecting Both Men and Women in Ministry [Podcast]
Live from The Lobby Conference: Q&A with Steve Gladen
Emerging Trends in Small Group Ministry with Mike Mack [Podcast]
Steve Gladen - Are Both Pieces Working in Your Small Group Ministry?
STEVE GLADEN: Three Seasons of Ministry: What I Wish I Had Known Pt 3 [Podcast]
STEVE GLADEN: Three Seasons of Ministry: What I Wish I Had Known Pt 2 [Podcast]
STEVE GLADEN: Three Seasons of Ministry: What I Wish I Had Known Pt 1 [Podcast]
Northeast Online Huddle Discussion with Steve Gladen
Small Group Metrics: What to Measure & Why with Bill Willits [Podcast]
The 4 Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership [Podcast]
Reid Smith – Discipleship through Small Groups Part 2 [Podcast]
Reid Smith - Discipleship through Small Groups Part 1 [Podcast]
Steve Gladen: 7 Ways to Lead Effective Small Group Ministry When Your Pastor May Not Be On Board [Podcast]
Small Groups vs Support Groups: What's the Difference? Part 2 [Podcast]
Small Groups vs Support Groups: What's the Difference? Part 1 [Podcast]
Busting Beyond The Bubble: Changing Your Methods to Recruit New Small Group Leaders [Podcast]
Casting the NET: The What, Why and How of ONLINE Groups [Podcast]
Small Groups, Big City [Podcast]
Introverts & Extroverts: How do our Personality Preferences Impact Our Leadership? [Podcast]
Insights About Reaching Millennials From Two Millennials Pastors [Podcast]
Best Small Group Systems For Your Church [Podcast]
What Do Small Groups Have in Common with Football? [Podcast]
Should I Stay or Should I Go? [Podcast]
From The Front Row to The Fringes [Podcast]
Vulnerable Living, Vulnerable Leading [Podcast]
Cool Connections For A Sizzling Summer
Kay Warren - Mental Health and the Church
Andrew Mason - Building from Ground Zero: Relaunching a Groups Ministry
Daniel Im - Are Mid-Size Groups the Future of Group Life?
Steve Gladen - Strategic Planning for the New Year
Mark Howell - It's Summer but Fall is Coming: Five Essential Moves to Make Now