Jesus said the harvest is plentiful by the workers a few. Workers have always been the bottleneck to the evangelism/ discipleship process.
Saddleback solves this problem with what they call the two-friends strategy. Steve Gladen and Derek Olson recently produced a podcast where they discussed this. Listen to the full podcast here.
Here are some highlights.
What is the two-friends strategy?
From time to time—and especially during campaigns—Rick Warren will stand before the church and ask, “Do you have two friends?” Everyone will raise their hands.
Now the kicker, “If you have two friends, you can start a group.”
That’s it. No training. No requirements. If you have two friends, you can start a group.
Immature Christian? You can start a group.
Mature Christian? You can start a group.
Lost? You can start a group.
Don’t have two friends? You can’t start a group. They can point you to a group you can join.
Keep reading here:
https://www.smallgroupnetwork.com/blog/2020/10/29/how-to-find-all-the-group-leaders-you-need/