- Identify your small group.
- Identify you topic.
- Begin and end on time.
- Introduce new comers.
- Mark keywords of your bible study topics.
- Visualize the picture.
- Ask relevant questions (It should not be too obvious or too hard!)
- If your small group does not understand, rephrase your question.
- Adopt and lead with your own style. Don’t imitate anybody.
- Don’t try to explain everything.
- Keep an eye contact.
- Encourage the quiet one and control the talkative (Silence does not mean non-participation).
- If you don’t know the answers, be honest to admit that.
- Be creative, encourage others’ ideas.
- Appreciate individual for good idea or answer.
- You must have conclusion and life applications in your mind.
For more details: Read How to effectively lead small group bible study
Other Resource: Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders
More Bible Study Lessons:
- How to Lead Small Group Bible Study Effectively
- Proverbs – Characteristics of Wise Man
- Inductive Bible Study Method: How to Guide
- Fellowship with God – Bible Study on 1 John: 5-10
- Questioning God – Psalm 13
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shalom, hermie
the leader’s life must incarnate the life he wants the followers to live
I am praying that these online Bible studies will help me teach the young adult class I teach on wednesday nights.
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Wonderful tips! I agree with following up the application of the group. Jesus said, “teach them to obey everything I had commanded” Matthew 28: 19
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From East Africa – Northern Ethiopia – Gondar
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Thanks for the encouragement. I will continue to read & Study.