First Baptist at Weston

Leadership is a critical component to successful small group life.  A good leader can keep the group focused on the mission of seeing spiritual transformation, meaningful relationships are developed, and care for others is expressed and practiced by the group.  At First Baptist Church at Weston, we seek to develop people to maximize the gifts, skills, talents, and passions God has entrusted to them to lead.

Leadership is defined by John Maxwell as "influence," so everyone has a responsibility to maximize their leadership potential.  This page is geared primarily toward small group leaders, but many of the resources and links provided here will benefit anyone who is responsible for influencing others (parents, spouses, employers, employees, etc.)

One of the tools to help leaders is the small groups blog.  This is an on-going teaching tool to help communicate important topics to small group leaders.

Links to leadership sites.

Malphurs Group: Aubrey Malphurs is an expert on church leadership.  Be sure to look at the "Downloads" section for some great resources.

Patrick Lencioni's books: Patrick Lencioni is an author of some great leadership books.  This link takes you to a listing of each of his books, including downloads of the highlights of each book, articles, and interviews of the author.  These are not "Christian" books, but you can glean some great lessons from his books.

Al Mohler blog: Al Mohler is president of Southern Seminary.  He has a great blog that is updated 3-4 times per week.  This is a great site for leaders because you can stay up-to-date on what is going on in the world.

Simplesmallgroups.com: This is a site geared toward small groups at Southeast Christian Church in Louiseville, Kentucky.  Bill Self is the team leader for small groups and has provided some great resources on this site.