Originally Posted by John_C
I have one more thought. If a church, which is mostly the congregants, cannot keep its small groups on track with sound teaching, how will the church maintain sound teaching in its other teaching avenues - pulpit, SS, etc? I see it as a problem within the church, not the small group per se.
As per my reply to John below, methinks you might have your concern backward. wink Where the pulpit ministry particularly, is defective it will follow that so will the Sunday School, prayer meetings, small groups, outreach, etc., be deficient. The responsibility to keep things on a biblical track is upon the Elders for to them it has been given to teach the Word of God and to shepherd the flock and to do that rightly. (Hos 4:6; Eph 4:11-16; 2Tim 4:2,3; Titus 1:9)

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simul iustus et peccator

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