Mark Howell

Mark Howell
Mark Howell serves as Pastor of Communities at Canyon Ridge Christian Church in Las Vegas, NV, and as LifeWay's Small Group Specialist. He founded SmallGroupResources.net, offering consulting and coaching services to help churches across North America launch, build and sustain healthy small group ministries. He spent four years on the consulting staff at Lifetogether and often contributes to ministry periodicals such as the Pastor's Ministry Toolbox and ChurchCentral.com. Visit Mark Howell at www.MarkHowellLive.com/about/

Recent Posts

What If a New “Leader” Doesn’t Meet Leadership Standards?

Posted by Mark Howell on 6/7/16 8:57 AM

I get questions. A lot of questions.  Sometimes they come in by email.  Other times as a comment on a blog post.  I try hard to answer them all. When it’s a question many are asking, I try to answer them here on the blog.  I bet I’ve answered today’s question about a hundred times a year for the last 10 years. No  joke.

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Small Group Ministry Momentum: 5 Secrets You Need To Know

Posted by Mark Howell on 12/29/15 5:03 AM

Momentum. Few of us have it. All of us want it.

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5 Signs You May Need To Change Your Small Group Strategy

Posted by Mark Howell on 11/17/15 5:05 AM

There’s no doubt that one of the most toxic small group ministry moves is changing small group systems, models or strategies too frequently or flippantly. It is important to make a three year commitment and pursue it with everything you’ve got when you do decide to change. Still, there is a right time to change strategies.

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