There are many different church strategies for getting people to come into your church, but what good does that accomplish if they do not stay there? Many churches are successful at bringing in people in through the front doors, but they lose just as many out the back. Sticky Church by Larry Osborne shows how having an effective small group program in your church can not only close the “back door” of your church, but increase your church’s health and growth.
What if your church was Sticky? What if you were able to maintain the growth that God wants your church to have while still keeping the members of the church engaged and the back door closed? This Application Guide we will help you and your team talk about what it would take for your church to become sticky and how sermon based small groups could help.
To begin this Application Guide, watch the video and print off this guide. Below is a section of Team Discussion Questions that can facilitate collaboration or get you started about thinking about your church’s vision. Afterwards, you can begin working through the What’s Next section, answering all the questions and providing yourself with action steps and due dates.
Larry is a husband, father, pastor, author and leadership consultant. He has a passion for helping Christian leaders in both the secular and church world succeed and bring glory to God. Larry holds both a Master of Divinity and Doctorate degree from Talbot Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Oceanside, CA. They have three married children.
