effective accountability groups. Starting relationship-building groups, for example, would help to prepare them for accountability groups later on. The latter group can and does work, but when it does, it’s because the people involved are at the point in their spiritual journey, and on the small-group continuum, where they’re ready and eager for this kind of connectedness. Again, we need to start with where people are, not where we want them to be. Six Personal Motivations Why do people get involved