ltg

  • Implementing LTGs in a Small Group

    In a recent conversation with a pastor from another church, I was asked: “Practically, how do you go about forming Life Transformation Groups in a small group that is used to meeting once a week?” I…

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  • Student Ministry and Life Transformation Groups

    Over the next few weeks, I’ve asked several members of our team at The Austin Stone to write about how missional communities integrate with some of their areas of ministry.  To start with, my friend (and…

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  • Kids and Life Transformation Groups

    Perhaps the single most frequently asked question I receive with respect to missional communities is “what do we do with our children?”.  For this next series, I’m going to focus on answering that question from multiple…

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  • Missional Community Practices – Life Transformation Groups

    A Life Transformation Group is two or three believers of the same gender meeting outside the community gathering to hear and obey, repent and believe, and consider and pray. Neil Cole got this right, and it…

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