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What Ellen G. White Wrote About Small Groups

Ellen G. White emphasizes the importance of small groups for both devotional and missionary purposes within the church. These groups are meant to organize members for evangelism, Bible study, and prayer, fostering unity and love among participants while actively working to spread the Christian message. She highlights that where two or three gather in Christ's name, His presence strengthens their efforts to save the lost.

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What Ellen G. White Wrote About Small Groups

Ellen G. White emphasizes the importance of small groups for both devotional and missionary purposes within the church. These groups are meant to organize members for evangelism, Bible study, and prayer, fostering unity and love among participants while actively working to spread the Christian message. She highlights that where two or three gather in Christ's name, His presence strengthens their efforts to save the lost.

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What Ellen G.

White wrote about the


small groups?
Daniel Oscar Plenc
Director of the White Center of Argentina
Translation – Cristiane Perassol Sartorti

In the writings of Ellen G. White, there are repeated mentions of small


groups, which have purposes of a devotional and missionary nature.
For the missionary service.The formation of small groups such as
the basis of Christian commitment was presented by Someone who does not err. If there is
Many members in the church should organize themselves into small groups.
to work not only for the members of the church, but also in
favor of the incredulous. If in a certain place there are only two or three who
they know the truth, they must organize themselves into a group of workers
In our churches, let them form
groups for the work. There can be no idle ones in the Lord's work.
Different people must come together in the work as fishers of men. And
they must seek to remove the souls of corruption from the world to the
"Savior of the purity of the love of Christ" (Evangelism, p. 115). "That
small groups of workers would go out as missionaries of the Lord, and
act as Christ commissioned the first disciples to do. That
they go to different parts of our cities, two by two, and give
warning message from the Lord” (Looking Up, p. 85).
Small groups should go do the work that Christ entrusted.
Your disciples. Work as evangelists, spreading our
literature and speaking the truth to the people they meet. Pray for the
sick, providing for their needs, not with drugs, but with
natural remedies, teaching them to recover health and avoid disease
Let there be well-organized groups in each church.
organized workers to work in the neighborhoods of the church
and Herald, September 29, 1891) (Social Beneficence, p. 107).
For the study of the Bible and prayer. Gather in small groups
groups in the afternoon or early in the morning to study the Bible.
Hold a prayer service so that the Holy Spirit can strengthen you.
illuminate them and sanctify them...
Gather in small groups to study the Scriptures. You
they will not lose anything and will gain a lot. The angels of heaven will watch over them
cults, and by feeding on the bread of life, they will receive spiritual strength
(Letter 2, January 3, 1900, addressed to the Sisley brothers).

The Lord promised that where two or three are gathered in


His name, He would be among them. Those who gather for prayer.
they receive the anointing of the Holy. There is a great need for secret prayer,
but it is also necessary for several Christians to gather, sending with

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fervently raises your prayers to God. Jesus is present in these small groups,
the love for people deepens in the heart, and the Holy Spirit applies
Your powerful energies, so that human instruments are put to use.
in activity, aimed at saving those who are lost. Jesus always...
He made an effort to impress His disciples with the fact that the
The Holy Spirit needs to enlighten, restore, and sanctify the mind.
Herald, June 30, 1896) (Exalt Him, p. 359).
To bring closer the bonds of unity and love.Keep in a way
integrates your bond of union, closing your ranks of love and unity,
encouraging each other to progress and acquire value, strength and assist
other people. Show the tolerance and patience that Christ demonstrates,
avoiding hasty words. Use the talent of speech to build themselves up
in the most holy faith. Work with the same love as Christ, in favor of the
who are not in the fold, forgetting themselves while helping others.
By working and praying in the name of Christ, the group will grow, for
Salvador said: "Truly, I say to you that if two of you among you,
about the land, agreeing on anything that, perhaps,
they will be granted by my Father who is in heaven" (Matt.
18:19) (Jewels of the Testimonies, Vol. 3, pp. 84-85).

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