The mission of Small Groups is to connect people in relationships for the purpose of:

• Spiritual formation - growing in Christ likeness
• Loving and caring for one another
• Praying for one another, family, friends, the church,…
• Contributing to the work of the church

Scriptural Basis:

There are 58 commands in the NT around "one another" or "each other". God intends for the saints to do the work of the ministry. God's design is to use human support and exhortation to sustain the faith of his children and to lighten the burdens that they bear in the service of love. That kind of mutually caring ministry does not happen in big groups between casual acquaintances - thus the need for small groups. In the book of Hebrews there are several passages that speak to why we should gather in small groups:

Hebrews 3:12 and 13
"Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called 'today,' that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin."

John Piper comments, "This is the stuff of small group life: money, sex, care for the hurting love of strangers. This can be the frontline strategy of spiritual care in our church... When our society sees Christians loving each other like this, it is a very powerful witness to the reality of the gospel."

In summary, small groups are primary Christian communities, the first place Christians turn for applying the gospel to their lives. The vision for Wellspring is that they become the heart of our pastoral care network - belonging to a Small Group is the way to truly belong to Wellspring Church.

A listing of our small groups is found on the menu bar above titled "Find a Group."