5 Common Mistakes of Rookie Small Group Pastors

“That was a rookie mistake.”

Ever heard that? Ever said it to yourself? Probably all of us have been there and done that.

Here are 5 of the most common mistakes of rookie small group pastors.... Keep reading

For readers who are unfamiliar with the term, a "rookie" is "a person in his or her first year of a sport, or someone who is new to a profession, training or activity such as a rookie police officer, rookie pilot, a recruit, or occasionally a freshman." The following discussion of the etymology of the term comes from Wikipedia:

The Oxford English Dictionary states that the origins are uncertain, but that perhaps it is a corruption of the word recruit. The earliest example from the OED is from Rudyard Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads (published 1892): So 'ark an' 'eed, you rookies, which is always grumblin' sore, referring to rookies in the sense of raw recruits to the British Army. At least during the beginning of the 20th century, in the British Army the term "rookie" was typically used in place of "recruit" as exemplified in "Trenching at Gallipoli" by John Gallishaw (New York Century Co.:1916) and in "The Amateur Army" by Patrick MacGill (London,Herbert Jenkins:1915).