This 'Church Leader's Edition' of Steve Gladden’s ‘Small Groups with Purpose’ shares with you the step-by-step principles of pastoring, purpose and growth continually experienced by Saddleback Church for more than fifteen years. Following the pattern of the earliest Christian churches, small groups have been rediscovered as the vital and revitalised way to build small community in large congregation churches, and grow small congregation churches into large Christian communities.

Steve Gladen, pastor of small groups at Saddleback, in this practical book steps with you through the questions you need to address on the way to developing your own purposeful small group strategy. Building on principles and not methods, each chapter helps you assess your current situation and crystallises your desires for the future.

Steve Gladen has been lead pastor for small groups at Saddleback Church since 1998. He oversees more than 3,500 adult small groups at Saddleback and loves seeing a big church become small through true community developed in group life.He is the author of campanion book: 'Leading Small Groups with Purpose'.

With many personal stories end case studies from Scripture he opens the discussion, considers the outcomes, refines your purpose and shows you how small group communities work in theory and in action.