{"product_id":"small-group-leaders-handbook-developing-transformational-communities-paperback","title":"Small Group Leaders' Handbook: Developing Transformational Communities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Alex Kirk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJay Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMyron Crockett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat do we mean when we talk about small groups? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd more importantly: what do we expect to happen when people gather in this way? The small group that wrote this book--made up of current and former campus ministry professionals with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship--sees a small group as: a community that studies the Bible, prays and participates in God's mission together for the purposes of God's transforming work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall groups are about transformation, and inthis book transformation is given flesh and blood in the faces and names of the people you lead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTina Teng-Henson is an InterVarsity staffworker with Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, and a Harvard chaplain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMyron Crockett was an InterVarsity staffworker for nine years at University of New Orleans and Tulane University. The former director of the Katrina Relief Urban Plunge, he is now a graduate student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He livesin the Chicago area with his wife and daughter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eÚna Lucey-Lee is associate divisional director at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Southern California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanice McWiliams provides staff training and spiritual formation for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the Mid-Atlantic region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra Maria Van Opstal is a second-generation Latina pastor, an activist, an author, and a powerful leading voice on the intersection of faith and justice. She is executive director of Chasing Justice, a movement that mobilizes Christians to livejustly. Sandra's distinctiveness comes from working in both local and global contexts as a practitioner and an academic. She has reached audiences around the world on topics of reconciliation, global justice, and worship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJay Anderson is a senior campus staff worker for InterVarsity at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He lives with his wife and kids in Eau Claire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven people with backgrounds in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship met and corresponded over the course of a year to mine each other's diverse stories and expertise. They arrived at the principles and methods described in \u003ci\u003eSmall Group Leaders'Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e. Alex Kirk led the small group, which includes Jay Anderson, Myron Crockett, Úna Lucey-Lee, Janice McWilliams, Tina Teng and Sandra Van Opstal. All seven survived. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52740524507443,"sku":"9780830821129","price":30.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/G6wRB7ox_Y9780830821129.webp?v=1781562699","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/small-group-leaders-handbook-developing-transformational-communities-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}