LEADER NOMINATIONS

Details and Instructions: PDF | VIDEO

GENERAL INFORMATION

Mark Curriculum
Community Group Sample Schedule
Format of Meetings
Life Story Outline
Childcare Reimbursement Information
Spring 2022 Calendar - Captain and Leader Meeting Dates + GBC Events
Prayer Guide
Mercy Ministry
Fellowship Night Ideas

LEADER TRAINING

AUGUST LEADER CONFERENCE

• Leader Conference: Audio
• First Year Leader Breakout: Audio
• Introduction to Mark: Audio

JANUARY LEADER CONFERENCE

• Main Session: Audio
• Mark 13: Audio + Handout
• First-Year Leader Training: Audio + Handout
• Iceberg Training Tool: Slideshow + Handout

WEEK 0 - EXPECTATIONS

Leader Video: Week 0
Leader Outline: Week 0
September Prayer Guide
Levels of Spiritual Maturity
Facilitating Small Group Prayer
Asking Good Questions
Common Facilitation Questions
Four Types of Questions Not to Ask in Your Small Group Bible Study

WEEK 1 - INTRODUCTION

Leader Video: Week 1
Leader Outline: Week 1
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. Mark: Overview (Bible Project)
2. Who Was John Mark? (Nelson)

WEEK 2 - THE KING'S AUTHORITY (1:1-45)

Leader Video: Week 2
Leader Outline: Week 2
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus (Sproul)
2. Why Did Jesus Conceal His Identity? (Lanier)
3. Satan and Demons (Sappington)

WEEK 3 - MOUNTING OPPOSITION (2:1-3:6)

Leader Video: Week 3
Leader Outline: Week 3
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. Who Were the Pharisees? (Akin)
2. Sabbath: The Right Balance (Redd)
3. What Exactly is Legalism? (RTS)

WEEK 4 - A NEW COMMUNITY (3:7-35)

Leader Video: Week 4
Leader Outline: Week 4
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. The Unforgiveable Sin (Storms)
2. Beelzebub Controversy (Strauss)
3. Who Were the Twelve Apostles? (OverviewBible)

WEEK 5 - SOWER, SEED, & SOILS(4:1-34)

Leader Video: Week 5
Leader Outline: Week 5
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. The Purpose of Parables (Ligonier)
2. Parable of the Sower (Sproul)
3. God Sanctifys Us Slowly (Piper)

WEEK 6 - DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES (4:35-5:43)

Leader Video: Week 6
Leader Outline: Week 6
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. Does God Do Miracles Today? (Schreiner)
2. Your Testimony is Not the Gospel (Ligonier)
3. Demon Possession (Sappington) 

WEEK 7 - JESUS GOES HOME (6:1-56)

Leader Video: Week 7
Leader Outline: Week 7
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. Jesus is the Multiplier (Scroggins)
2. Jesus Sends Out the Twelve (Ligonier)
3. Small-Town Savior (Witmer)

 WEEK 8 - GRACE FOR THE GAP (7:1-8:30)

Leader Video: Week 8
Leader Outline: Week 8
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. What is Corban? (Edwards)
2. The Doctrine of Sin (Morgan)
3. Immortality and Unbelief (DeYoung)
4. Peter's Confession (Ligonier)

 WEEK 9 - YOU ARE THE CHRIST (8:31-9:29)

Leader Video: Week 9
Leader Outline: Week 9
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. What Should I Do if I Doubt My Salvation? (Whitney)
2. "Why could we not cast it out?" (Ortlund)

WEEK 10 - A KINGDOM REALITY (9:30-10:12)

Leader Video: Week 10
Leader Outline: Week 10
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. On The Side of Jesus (Ligonier)
2. Receiving Children in Jesus' Name (Piper)
3. How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell? (Kynes)
4. Divorce Paper

WEEK 11 - THE WAY UP IS DOWN (10:13-52)

Leader Video: Week 11
Leader Outline: Week 11
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. Rich Young Ruler (Keller)
2. The Ransom Christ Paid (Ligonier)
3. The Blind Beggar (Spurgeon)

WEEK 12 - THE ARRIVAL OF A KING (11:1-33)

Leader Video: Week 12
Leader Outline: Week 12
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. The Triumphal Entry (Ligonier)
2. Would Jesus Turn Over Tables In Today's Church? (Cobb)
3. What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? (Piper)

WEEK 13 - THE GREAT COMMANDMENT (12:1-44)

Leader Video: Week 13
Leader Outline: Week 13
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. Easter Week in Real Time (Ramsey)
2. Sermon on Parable of the Vinedressers (Sproul)
3. Rendering to Caesar and to God (Platt)

 WEEK 14 - STAY AWAKE (13:1-37)

Leader Video: Week 14
Leader Outline: Week 14
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. Mark 13 Teaching: Audio + Handout
2. The Last Days according to Jesus: When Did Jesus Say He Would Return? (Sproul)
3. The Olivet Discourse (Ligonier)
4. The End Times (Gary Demar)

 WEEK 15 - BEAUTY, BREAD, AND WINE (14:1-42)

Leader Video: Week 15
Leader Outline: Week 15
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. The Battle for the Table (Ligonier)
2. The Lord's Supper: Answer to Common Questions (Mathison)
3. Praying the Bible w/ Don Whitney 

WEEK 16 - STRIKE THE SHEPHERD (14:43-15:15)

Leader Video: Week 16
Leader Outline: Week 16
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. How Do I Know if I Have Godly Sorrow or Worldly Sorrow? (Riccardi)
2. Premeditated Betrayal (Ligonier)
3. The Passion of the Christ according tothe Gospel of Mark (Cook, III)

WEEK 17 - DARKNESS AND LIGHT (15:16-16:8)

Leader Video: Week 17
Leader Outline: Week 17
Prayer Guide

Additional Resources:

1. ‘My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?’ Didn’t Jesus Already Know? (Piper)
2. Defending the Resurrection of Jesus: Yesterday, Today and Forever (Cabal)
3. Did Mark Write Mark 16:9-20? A Textual Criticism Case Study (Smith)
4. Video: Mark 16:9-20

WEEK 18 - CONCLUSION

Leader Video: Conclusion
Leader Outline: Conclusion
Prayer Guide