Growth Groups Are Not a Place Where Intimate Relationships Are Formed!

Ok, we said it. It is the thing everyone knows but no one wants to acknowledge. It is the 800 pound gorilla in the room. For some years, churches (including Ridgeview) have said that small groups are the place where you form intimate relationships with one another.

We can't promise that; in fact, most of the guys at Ridgeview aren't looking to other guys for "intimacy" any way. But, Growth Groups can be a place to form new, basic friendships. It doesn't mean we are lowering the bar for groups. It is simply sharing that they are effective for helping people make godly friends - they may ultimately form intimate relationships with people they've met in a group, but that will happen outside of the system.

Want to check out a Growth Group? Some groups meet Sunday mornings at 9:30am, while others meet in homes throughout the community during the week.Visit our Grow table, or email grow@ridgeviewchurch.net for more information.

Want to get a deeper, more intimate setting? Try our Life Transformation Groups