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.

John,

That was one of my main points in my original post.

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... However, I'm beginning to think that small groups are often more of a danger to a church than not. ... I wonder if that, even in solidly reformed churches, the roots of sliding away from the true Gospel often originate in some of these small groups.


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Now, a touchy situation in solid churches is keeping its women studies sound.

I agree.

John