Empowered to Lead: Video-based Training for Small Group Facilitators - Softcover

Comiskey, Joel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1950069087 ISBN 13: 9781950069088

Publisher: CCS Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Empowered to Lead: Equip Small Group Leaders to Facilitate Life-Giving Groups

Do your small group leaders feel uncertain, unprepared, or inconsistent in how they lead their meetings?
Do discussions stall, participation lag, or momentum fade over time?
Do you want leaders who don’t just manage meetings—but shepherd people and make disciples?

After decades of equipping churches around the world, Joel Comiskey has seen what distinguishes small groups that merely function from those that truly flourish. In Empowered to Lead, he shares a practical, reproducible approach to forming confident leaders who facilitate Spirit-led, disciple-making groups.

Empowered to Lead is a practical and comprehensive training guide designed to equip small group and cell leaders with the essential skills they need to lead effectively. Each of the eighteen chapters focuses on a core aspect of healthy group leadership—combining biblical foundations with real-world application.

By following the principles in this book, leaders grow in confidence, groups become more participatory, and discipleship becomes intentional rather than accidental.

In Empowered to Lead, you’ll discover how to:

• Hear God during the meeting so leadership flows from spiritual discernment, not pressure

• Structure meetings that engage people and create a natural rhythm of participation

• Ask better questions that move groups from surface discussion to life change

• Facilitate discussion skillfully, including handling dominant talkers and drawing out quieter members

• Equip emerging leaders so groups multiply and discipleship continues beyond the leader

Each lesson includes a short training video, discussion questions, online resources, and a downloadable PowerPoint, making this book ideal for individual study, leadership cohorts, classrooms, or church-wide training.

Empowered to Lead is your hands-on playbook for developing capable, Spirit-led small group leaders who know how to guide people toward maturity in Christ.

If you enjoy practical leadership training, small group ministry, and disciple-making resources, you’ll appreciate Joel Comiskey’s clear and field-tested approach.

Buy Empowered to Lead today and begin forming leaders who lead with confidence, clarity, and spiritual impact.

Edition details

• Publisher: CCS Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1950069087
• ISBN 13: 9781950069088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126