Leading a Discipleship Group
As a group leader or co-leader, you set the pace for your group's discipleship journey. You have full visibility into every member's progress.
How Groups Get Created
- Imported from Planning Center — if your church uses Planning Center Groups, your org admin can import groups directly. Leaders and co-leaders from PCO are automatically assigned their roles.
- Created manually — leaders or org admins can create groups from the Admin panel with a name, description, and type (One-on-One, Small Group, or Large Group).
Your Leader Dashboard
As a leader or co-leader, you can see:
- Reading plan progress — which members are actively reading, how many days they've completed, and their current streaks.
- Course completion — session-by-session progress for each member in assigned courses.
- Behind indicators — members who haven't engaged recently are flagged so you can follow up.
- Other leaders' progress — co-leaders can see each other's progress too, so the whole leadership team stays aligned.
Adding Members
- Auto-matched from PCO — when a member signs up using your church's join link, they're automatically placed in their PCO group with the correct role.
- Add existing users — search by name from the member management panel.
- Invite by email — accounts are created automatically with login instructions.
- Invite links — generate shareable links for text or group chat.
Emailing Group Members
Leaders and co-leaders can email individual group members directly from the group view. Use this to encourage someone who's fallen behind or celebrate a milestone.
Best Practices
- Keep groups small (4–8 people) for deeper conversation
- Check progress weekly
- Be consistent with meeting times
- Use co-leaders so the group isn't dependent on one person
- Celebrate milestones publicly — completed reading plans, badges earned