It's Impossible to “Form People” In Two Hours a Week

One of the greatest misconceptions people have about discipleship and small groups is the idea that our responsibility is to form the participants as best we can in the context of that group.

I once read through about 80 evaluations from a day of formation offered on discipleship. One of the questions on the participant evaluation asked about specific struggles people had experienced in their discipleship efforts thus far . The most common responses had something to do with the busyness of individuals in the group or lack of commitment from …