The recruitment and training of laity to facilitate support groups within the local church

H Grant Tanner

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The recruitment and training of laity to facilitate support groups within the local church

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H Grant Tanner. The Recruitment and Training of Laity to Facilitate Support Groups Within the Local Church. Saint Paul School of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/4bc5727a-86e4-42d2-bce5-d7027f702390.

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H. G. Tanner. The recruitment and training of laity to facilitate support groups within the local church. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/4bc5727a-86e4-42d2-bce5-d7027f702390

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H Grant Tanner. The Recruitment and Training of Laity to Facilitate Support Groups Within the Local Church. Saint Paul School of Theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/4bc5727a-86e4-42d2-bce5-d7027f702390.

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H Grant Tanner

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The author recruited 18 laity from the local church in eight weeks to receive five months of training that would allow the participants to co-facilitate support groups. He developed a liturgy to provide a guide for the nine new groups. He promoted this healing support group possibility within the local church and larger community and conducted a dedication service following the training. After observing/supporting this ministry for five months, he wrote the field project report and concluded: laity willingly respond to an intense 'hands on' ministry; folks from the church/community will gather in the safety of a church to talk through their pain issues; trust and confidentiality can happen in such groups; healing can happen in laity-led support groups.

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