E - Encourage the group toward ministry. We do this by providing specific examples of ministry and personally enlisting people to join the team. R - Reproduce. Doubling a class every two years or less is not about going from 10 to 20. It is about going from one group to two.
Reproduction is hard on any level.
Still, The future of the church is the reproduction of groups. The key to creating a new group is leadership. The price of creating a new group is saying good-bye. We must be willing to say good-bye in order to be obedient to the great commission. It is hard to say good bye.