Season 2 Episode 6: The 5 Stages of Group Development

In today’s episode, our guests represent over 40 Life Groups at our Post Falls Campus – Sara Short and Jesse Hill join host Chris Short to talk about the different stages of a Group.  In this conversation they bring up why these stages are needed in a group, how you can determine what stage your group is in, and how to navigate them through that stage.  Here are some of highlights of their discussion.

 

• Where did the idea of group stages come from?
• What are the 5 stages and how can you tell what one your group is in?
• What are some of the indicators you should be looking for?
• The different stages: Forming, Storming, Norming, Ministering and Multiplying.
• How do the stages correlate with Real Life Ministries SCMD process?
• What are some things that can stall group growth?
• Why is the Storming stage important to further growth?
• Why does the Norming stage have the potential to be harmful to a group?
• Where do we see these stages in the Early Church?

 

Below are two PDF tools you can utilize as you coach and guide your group through these 5 stages.

 

https://bit.ly/GroupDevelopmentStages

https://bit.ly/GroupStageCards

 

You can download the pdf of these show notes here: Show Notes

 

 

We have some great tools that our leadership have made available for you to use!

 

• Right Now Media: (The Netflix of Bible Studies)

Real Life has gifted our people with a free membership to this platform! Find out more at this link.  https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/user/reallifeministries

 

• Real Life Resources: This digital library contains over 500 tools and resources to help both you personally and those in your group. Podcasts, videos, books, studies and much more at this link. https://realliferesources.org/

 

 

 

If you have any questions or suggestions for future topics, feel free to email us at realforlife@reallifeministries.com.