LifeGroup Leader Development
As you begin leading your LifeGroup, you’ll not only want to focus on the spiritual growth of the people in your group, but also on your own growth as a leader and follower of Christ.
When you commit to being a LifeGroup Leader, we hope three things will happen:
- Your life will reflect Jesus’ life, and you’ll live how Jesus lived.
- You develop your self-awareness and leadership capacity.
- You thrive in your role for the long term.
As you’re getting started, you’ll be connected to a LifeGroups Coach who will help you with these goals. Your coach is someone who has experience leading their own LifeGroup and who also supports LifeGroup Leaders like you.
As you navigate the highs and lows of leading a LifeGroup, your coach walks with you every step of the way. Their role is to provide support and encouragement to you, while also helping you identify areas in your life—spiritual, relational, emotional, etc.—where you’d like to grow. So don’t hesitate to share your experiences with them and ask questions as they arise. Your coach will share valuable insights and help you grow as a leader.
Here are a few resources to help you grow in your leadership, self-awareness, and discipleship.
Grow Your Leadership: The Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
Pastor Craig has a podcast dedicated entirely to leadership development. Every episode is packed with personal, practical, and powerful advice to help us become even better leaders. He draws on his own experiences and also has conversations with other well-known leaders. After you listen, make sure you check out the Leader Guide for reflection questions and next steps.
Pro Tip: If there’s an episode you’re really interested in, share it with your coach, and then talk about it together once you’ve both listened to it.
Grow Your Self-Awareness: Development Tools
We have tools and resources you can use to grow and develop your self-awareness, like the Myers-Briggs personality assessment or the StrengthsFinder test. When your awareness increases, you can identify how you’ll maximize the gifts God has placed within you. If you’re interested in learning more about these research-backed tools, you can connect with your coach or Community Pastor.
Grow as a Disciple: Following Jesus
Discipleship is the lifelong, relentless pursuit of Jesus’ way of living through being with Him and becoming like Him. This study was created by Life.Church with people like you in mind. Through this experience, you’ll explore 16 Guiding Ideas to gain a new, more complete, and beautiful perspective on what it means to follow Jesus. Connect with your Community Pastor or LifeGroups Coach if you’re interested in going through this study with other leaders. You can also learn how to use this resource with your LifeGroup in this article.
Next Steps
As you dive into these resources and tools, make sure you’re talking with your coach about the things you’re learning about yourself!
Here are a few questions to get the conversation rolling:
- In what area(s) of your life do you feel confident? In what area(s) of your life would you like to grow?
- How will you prioritize time for personal development?
- In what ways will you incorporate developing others into your LifeGroup?
