Teaching Resources for Home Groups Leaders
Most leaders don't realize the vast resources available on the Xenos Web Site. There are several approaches you could take to finding what you need.
We recommend starting with a search of the site. Take some time and look the web site over.
Excellent teaching resources include:
- Hear hundreds of teachings with outlines online.
- Gary DeLashmutt's Central Teaching outlines include both expository and topical teachings.
- Christian Principles Class lecture notes are available. These notes are updated each year as the class is taught.
- Some great essays are available on a wide range of topics.
- Review the index called Tools for Teaching.
- Raising up Home Group Leaders
- Balancing Home and Church Ministries
- Leading Leaders Meetings
- Leading Through the Decision Making Process
- Helping Motivate People & Home Groups to Want to Change (sanctification & ministry development)
- Planting a Healthy Home Group: Planning in Five Essential Areas
- Annual Home Group Evaluation
- Servant Team Nomination form
- Servant Covenant
- Alpha and Omega www.aomin.org
- Answers In Action's www.answers.org
- Apologia Report www.gospelcom.net/apologia
- Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics www.reformed.org
- Christian Answers Net www.christiananswers.net
- Christian Apologetics www.apologetics.org
- Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry www.carm.org
- Christian Research Institute www.equip.org
- Cornerstone www.cornerstonemag.com
- Does God Exist? www.doesgodexist.org
- Leadership U www.leaderu.com
- Midwest Christian Outreach www.midwestoutreach.org
- Personal Freedom Outreachwww.pfo.org
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries www.rzim.com
- Reasoning from the Scriptures home.earthlink.net/~ronrhodes
- Small Group Network smallgroups.com
- Stedman Memorial Library (Ray Stedman sermons) www.pbc.org
- Summit Ministries www.ChristianAnswers.Net/summit
- Watchman Fellowship www.watchman.org
- Xristos' Ministries www.xristos.com
Equipping for Leaders
The Xenos web site contains several resources to help leaders be more effective 
in their ministries.
Dennis McCallum's class on Christian Leadership provides excellent material.
Excellent direction for discipleship ministry is provided in this comprehensive overview from the 1999 Servant Team Retreat.
Other resources include Xenos Adult Education Courses. Register online for any of this quarter's classes.
Reading list compiled by Scot McCallum.
Communication Tools
View the Xenos Events Calendar for upcoming events for your home group to attend like the Xenos Summer Institute.
Teaching Resources
Need a fresh idea for your next home group teaching? Check out the list of resources below.
We want to get more resources into the hands of our leaders. Send us your ideas. With over 100 adult home groups operating in Columbus, there are many great ideas that we could share. Let us know what resources you have found to be useful, teaching series and retreat ideas, or book and tape resources and we will post them on the web site.
Additional Resources
Here are some links to other web sites that you may find helpful. We would like to provide a review of each site from our leaders so send us your thoughts about these sites. Let us know of other sites that you feel are helpful.