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

by Andy Stanley

We all sensed a need to bring a layer of structure and intentionality to our otherwise random and unstructured friendships.

We needed a predictable environment.

We

needed to “do life” together with o...

Groups don’t really impact a local church until they become part of a

church’s culture. And that begins with senior leadership.

An entrepreneur and strategist, Bill led the charge to develop a closed-group model at North Point. I don’t know of any other church that had embraced this concept before Bill began championing it. His leadership and courage enabled us to develop closed groups that multiply. We were told that it couldn’t be done and that we were foolish to try. Bill proved the skeptics wrong.

“When you work at Starbucks, you can make a difference in someone’s day by creating an

environment where neighbors and friends can get together and reconnect while enjoying a great coffee experience.”