Sublime

The Korean Connection

Andy Stanley, Johnny Carson, Howard Hendricks, Ronald Reagan, Billy Graham,

Application

Under the leadership of Pastor David Yonggi Cho, the Yoido Full Gospel Central Church (affiliated with the Assemblies of God) grew to be the largest church in the world, using a small group, cell-based system as its primary tool for evangelism and church growth.

The ultimate goal of a sermon-based small group is simply to velcro people to the two things they will need most when faced with a need-to-know or need-to-grow situation: the Bible and other Christians.

Sticky churches are ultimately held together by strong webs of relationships. That’s why a healthy and highly attended small group ministry can slam the back door shut. But alignment is essential. Without it, things will bump along. People will burn out. With it, things will hum along and people will stick around for a long, long time.

To ensure that we remain continually focused on these five Ws and stay ruthlessly honest in our evaluation of how we’re doing, every program and ministry is assigned a primary purpose that fits one (or at the most two) of these Ws.

“Institute a vigorous program of education and self-improvement.”