On page 145 Carl George says most people routinely lose half their new people due to neglect. Let's talk specifically about how we can lead our group to be servants. Let's establish again the importance of this topic. Let's close in prayer, committing ourselves again to serving our family, our groups, our church, those who are not yet members and the world at large. Let's ask God to help us teach His people to serve as Jesus taught us to serve.
Intimate groups are always better than distant ones.
One of the things we do to build intimacy is to allow people to share their hurts in a safe way. One of the pleasures of teaching teachers is that you teach biblically literate people. It is always fun to teach the knowledgeable. Treat them as colleagues, friends, equals, fellow-ministers. I have a check coming and it has not arrived.