TLC Groups for Busy Disciples
The groups meet for 59 minutes in a host home, led by a TLC pastor trained by the church staff.
TLC Groups for Busy Disciples is a guidebook for establishing small groups for Christian nurture and growth. The groups meet weekly.
The groups, intended for busy 21st-century families, include members of all ages and life stages. Rather than purely study or prayer groups, they focus on activities like prayer, lesson discussion, and mission projects. The book outlines the flexible structure of meetings and the broader purpose of fostering discipleship and spiritual growth.
Tender Loving Care (TLC) groups are designed to meet weekly in the home of a church family trained to be a TLC Host. The groups are led by a church member trained as a Lay Pastor. The groups share for one year, then become two groups as they intentionally grow through multiplication.
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TLC Groups for Busy Disciples are Study Groups.
Over the course of one year, the groups do an intensive study of the meaning of PRAYERS, PRESENCE (worship attendance), GIFTS (financial stewardship), SERVICE (mission outreach), and WITNESS (faith sharing).
TLC Groups for Busy Disciples are
Prayer Groups.
With a focus on “conversational prayer,” the group members learn how to pray out loud as intercessors for the needs of group members, community members, the world as a whole, and special needs as they arise. Group members learn to create a “FRANgelism” list as they pray for friends, relatives, associates, and neighbors to become disciples of Jesus.
TLC Groups for Busy Disciples
are Mission Groups.
Every TLC Group for Busy Disciples adopts a “mission” to reach out into the community or world to make a difference in the lives of others through some form of hands-on ministry that becomes the group mission.
TLC Groups for Busy Disciples are
Support Groups.
As lift situations arise in the daily lives of group members, the agenda of the weekly meeting may shift away from the assigned study topics as the group ministers to individuals through active listening and prayer.
TLC Groups for Busy Disciples
Worship Groups.
A strong emphasis is placed on worship attendance as group members pledge to participate in worship every Saturday. Group members are encouraged to reach out and bring friends, family, and community members to worship services.
TLC Groups for Busy Disciples are
Giving Groups.
In the groups, members learn the values of Christian stewardship as they learn the meaning of growing toward tithing in support of the mission of their local church.
TLC Groups for Busy Disciples
are Loyal Groups.
The members commit to supporting their local church, pastor, staff, and volunteers in their congregation’s mission and outreach.
TLC Groups for Busy Disciples are
Multiplying Groups.
The groups follow a discipleship plan of multiplying every group once per year. One group becomes two, two become four, etc. Each new group is led by a Lay Pastor, has an apprentice lay pastor, a host home, and repeats the topics of the guidebook with a new group of people mixed in with former TLC members. This process continues as the church grows and new disciples go through the same process. The goal is not to present not new material each year, but to make new disciple each year and incorporate them into the repetition of the process of spiritual growth and disciple making.
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