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| | Trevor Hawes - Leading Small Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Small groups, or ‘informal family-style meetings’, have been a common factor of all significant moves of the Holy Spirit through the centuries, and are seen in almost all church groupings with a variety of names: Home-groups, House-groups, Community groups, Cells, Cell groups, Family groups, Mid-week Bible study. |
 | | John Wesley himself said "(Small groups) are not directly prescribed in Scripture, but are a prudential means of grace consistent with Scripture". |
 | | Together with a Sunday morning meeting, the small groups are vital to the health and growth of a church and as such are seen as primary meetings for all committed church members who are able to be there. |
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