If you go around a Catholic diocese touting the value of small groups, discipleship groups, home groups, small Christian Communities, or whatever other vocabulary happens to be the phrase of the day, you are likely to come across this reaction: I don’t go to Church on Sunday for other people. I go to worship...
Are small groups a new fad?
One comment we’ve gotten a lot since beginning the conversation about making disciples through small groups here in the Diocese of Birmingham is: Small groups seem like a fad that is sweeping through protestant churches. It’s a phase that’ll likely fizzle out because it isn’t what we as Catholics have done for thousands of years. While...