{"id":22572,"date":"2026-03-16T19:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=22572"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:09:26","slug":"ten-essential-strategies-for-facilitating-great-small-group-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=22572","title":{"rendered":"Ten Essential Strategies for Facilitating Great Small Group Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-40JhQ50E2A?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>In this video I provide a training for small group facilitators and Bible study leaders. These are the ten strategies:<br \/>\n1. Keep a Good Study Bible Nearby<br \/>\n2. Talk Less than 25 Percent of the Time<br \/>\n3. Read the Notes in the Back of the Discussion Guide<br \/>\n4. Watch the Study Specific How-To Video by Christopher Scott<br \/>\n5. Silence Is Okay<br \/>\n6. Put the Chairs and Couches in a Circle<br \/>\n7. Begin and End on Time<br \/>\n8. Ensure Everyone Understands the Purpose of the Group from Day One<br \/>\n9. Read the Questions Aloud before the Meeting<br \/>\n10. Turn Your Phone Off<\/p>\n<p>I hope these ten strategies help you facilitate great small group discussions and lead a Bible study well.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-40JhQ50E2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video I provide a training for small group facilitators and Bible study leaders. These are the ten strategies: 1. Keep a Good Study Bible Nearby 2. Talk Less than 25 Percent of the Time 3. Read the Notes in the Back of the Discussion Guide 4. Watch the Study Specific How-To Video by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1192,1194,1175,1186,1190,1185,1187,1191,1196,1176,1193,1183,1179,1181,1184,3460,7503,3089,1182,1195,281,177,1188,1180,1178,1177,1189,1594,580,2854],"class_list":["post-22572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","category-videos","tag-bible-interpretation-and-meaning","tag-bible-quiz-for-adults","tag-bible-quiz-for-kids","tag-bible-study-for-beginners","tag-bible-study-group-discussion","tag-bible-study-lessons","tag-bible-study-topics","tag-bible-study-with-me","tag-bible-trivia-challenge","tag-bible-trivia-facts","tag-bible-trivia-questions-and-answers","tag-christian-habits","tag-christian-lifestyle-tips","tag-christian-motivation","tag-daily-christian-routine","tag-discussions","tag-essential","tag-facilitating","tag-faith-based-living","tag-fun-bible-trivia-game","tag-great","tag-group","tag-how-to-study-the-bible","tag-living-as-a-christian","tag-new-testament-trivia","tag-old-testament-quiz","tag-online-bible-study","tag-small","tag-strategies","tag-ten","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22574,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22572\/revisions\/22574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}