Bethlehem Church

Specific purposes of Bethlehem’s small group ministry:

SPIRITUAL GROWTH
  • Personal growth
  • Gaining knowledge and wisdom through Bible study and teaching
  • Receiving help in applying God’s Word in all areas of one’s life
  • Group growth
  •   Building trusting relationships
  • Sharing personal experiences, needs and insights
  • Praying together
  • Inviting and welcoming others to the group
  • Church growth
  •  Providing opportunities for multiplication by forming new groups from existing ones
  • Growing multiplying groups in spiritual health helps grow a healthy church
ACCOUNTABILITY
  • To give and receive mutual support and encouragement…
  • To apply God’s Word in one’s personal life
  • To use gifts and abilities to minister within the group and to the church

COMMUNITY SERVICE
  • Within the church, working as individuals and together, to show love for one another
  • Within the greater community, working to demonstrate our love for our neighbors