Principles to remember as you consider starting a new Journey Group:
- Feelings of not being worthy or equipped are natural. In fact, many in the Bible that God called felt this way, including Moses, David and Jeremiah, and some of Jesus’ disciples. God loves to equip those he calls. God loves to show off his power and grace through weak people like us.
- Pray. Pray about who to ask. Pray about how God wants to use you.
- Selection is so important! It’s important who you invite to be in your group. See section on Selection.
- Aim for your own spiritual growth. Much of discipleship is simply inviting others into your own pursuit to enjoy God, to feast on his grace, and walk by His Spirit. Trust God to use others to help you grow and to bring them along with you in this pursuit.
Selection of Group Members
- The goal of selection is to identify 3-5 faithful, available, teachable and hungry men or women to disciple
with the hope that they will grow spiritually and be able to use the gifts God’s given them to disciple others or
lead and serve in other ways. Share the vision of what this is with them as well as the five distinctives of
Journey Groups. You can find that in the “Selection for Journey Groups” PDF.
- Prayerfully look for your group members — “SELECTION”
START HERE: “Selection for Group Members”
