Welcome to the Group Life online home. God designed us to live together, which means group life—community—is central to the life of the church. Worldwide, believers are being empowered and transformed by the ancient practice of community.
At Willow Creek Association, our vision is to catalyze and support community formation in your church by providing premier ministry training, resources, and community for building group life and promoting spiritual growth. That means offering you proven tools for groups, group leaders, ministry staff, and leadership teams.
Connect to Group Life, and discover why the practice of community is central to any follower of Christ.
Latest Posts
June 25, 2009From Facebook to Face Time - Bill Donahue
Preview Article from Rev! Sept/Oct 2009 It remains a challenge to connect new people who are seeking meaningful, transformational relationships through the local church. Sign up forms, web-based strategies; social networking and “all our groups are posted in the lobby” are attempts to provide broad-scale assimilation pathways for interested community-seekers. But what works best? More…
June 19, 2009
Is Real Change Possible - Greg Bowman
In a recent talk here in the Chicago area, Dallas Willard made a comment on spiritual formation that haunts me. “…all this appears to the ordinary Christian today like near or distant galaxies in the night sky: visible, somehow, but inaccessible in the conditions of life as we know them. Hence you will rarely meet an individual Christian who is seriously engaged in the transformation depicted in the Bible…or who even has a hope for anything like it this side of heaven.” More…
June 16, 2009
Group Life Update - Greg Bowman
During the first months of 2009 the Group Life team and the WCA have been evaluating new strategies and technologies to better serve the local church during tough economic times. I want to update you on some of the resulting changes to the 2009 Group Life Conference that will impact our guests. More…
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Finalists in the Group Life 2008 Film Festival. "Recruiting," "A Small Group of One," and "Flying Solo."
Mr. Donahue's Neighborhood:
Ever wonder what it would be like to be in a Neighborhood Small Group?
Why I Love Groups:
Small Group movement leaders share their stories.
