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Gareth Weldon examines biblical teaching and the ministry of the early church, offering guidance for setting up and running a biblically based small-group ministry program.

Dysfunctional small groups breed more dysfunctional groups. Dysfunctional group leaders breed more dysfunctional groups. A broken community can lead to anger, bitterness and, potentially, violence. While one should not avoid the expression of anger in the nurture of human community, the inability of humanity to focus and discipline anger leads to relational and physical destructiveness. In Genesis 4:5–8 we see that God did not condemn Cain for feeling downcast and angry, but attempted to hold him