Lead small groups through astounding growth with principles from the best-selling books How People Grow and
BoundariesNo matter what need brings a group of people together--from marriage enrichment to divorce recovery, from
grief recovery to spiritual formation--members are part of a small group because they want to grow. This book by
psychologists Henry Cloud and John Townsend provides small-group leaders with valuable guidance and information
on how they can help their groups to grow spiritually, emotionally, and relationally. With insights from their
best-selling book How People Grow, Cloud and Townsend show how God's plan for growth is made up of three key elements:
grace plus truth plus time. When groups embrace those elements, they find God's grace and forgiveness and learn
how to handle their imperfections without shame as they model God's love and support to one another.In addition
to describing what makes small groups work, Leading Small Groups That Help People Grow explains the roles and responsibilities
of both leaders and group members. Employing tenets from the book How People Grow, this book equips leaders to
understand the ins and outs of how to promote growth, and using principles from their best-selling book Boundaries,
they show how to identify and find solutions for common problems such as boredom, noncompliance, passivity, aggression,
narcissism, spiritualization, over-neediness, over-giving, and nonstop talking.