Countdown: Launching and Leading Transformational Groups by David Francis and Rick Howerton is a helpful guide for group leaders seeking to start a group or to improve an existing one.

Features:

• 10 Terms Impacting Conversations about Discipleship through Groups
• 9 Research-validated Reasons to Disciple People through Groups
• 8 Big Choices Impacting the Dynamics of Groups
• 7 Elements of Transformational Churches Applied to Groups
• 6 Challenges to Conventional Thinking about Groups
• 5 Stages for Launching New Groups
• 4 Starting Points for Approaching Group Bible Study
• 3 Purposes for Prioritizing a Group’s Mission
• 2 Key Words that Will Determine Your Ministry’s Destiny
• 1 Essential Book for Guiding Group Conversations

Authors:
David Francis is the director of Sunday School at LifeWay Christian Resources and Rick Howerton is the discipleship & small groups specialist at LifeWay.