Preparing University Students for Ministry Through Small Groups: A Case Study of Valley View University

John Appiah, PhD candidate

Abstract

Equipping the laity for ministry is a biblical mandate of the minister (Eph 4:12-16). How to successfully mobilize and equip the laity for ministry, however, is a major challenge to ministry. One of the means to achieve this is through the small group ministry. Most of the literature on the small groups, however, concentrates on traditional church system. Institutional churches, especially, those in the universities are sidelined in most of the literature on small groups. This paper explores the how to prepare university students for ministry through the small group ministry at Valley View University. Other faith-based institutions will find this paper helpful on how best to in equipping university students for ministry through the small groups.