Creating a New Group

[step_by_step]

Something that is seriously lacking in my church is a young adult group for women only. Now, I know that there's benefits to lumping everyone in together and I get that. But I feel that I personally could flourish in a group that's geared towards young women.

The problem is that there are hardly ANY young women in our church. For the most part, I'm the only one. The idea of creating a group terrifies me, but I'm wondering if maybe I could get women my age to start to coming to our church more regularly if there's a group for them.

I've never started a group and I am no leader. This is so far outside of my comfort zone that it's crazy. But I think I need to try it. What should I go about doing to make this happen? How do I get women interested? And how do I lead a bible study??

 

[bèlla]

Are you trying to draw unchurched women or those attending other churches? I live near a bible college and have visited several churches in my area. The largest population of young adults was at the church whose message and worship resonated most with them. It was also in close proximity.

My criteria for joining or leading a group is:

Demand: I can't be the lone person who wants it.
Commitment: Willing participants who will stick it out.
Purpose: Mutual benefit is a must.
Experience: For a study, yes. For a casual gathering, no.

 

[Jonaitis]

I'll pray about it, but here's a link:

Sheologians

 

[step_by_step]

For those who had questions, this is what I scribbled down in my notes real fast:

Objective

To create a safe group for young women who are looking to grow in their faith and relationship with Christ while connecting and fellowshipping with other women.

Target Audience

Young women between 18 and 30 who are sure of their faith and belief in God and are ready to grow in him more.

Can include new believers, women who grew up in the church, and anyone in between but everyone must be sure of their belief in God. This is not meant to bring people to Christ and it is not a place for people who haven’t accepted him yet. This is for women who know what they believe in and want to strengthen that and learn more while connecting with other women of faith.

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I'm not trying to be harsh by not including women who don't believe in Christ. hopefully in time we can lead people to where they do. But I want this to be a group that spurs one another on in Christ and we can't do that if there's still people who are unsure. I've seen it firsthand in other groups. You get too wide a range of people who either don't know where they stand on God or don't believe in Him at all and then the group crumbles.