{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Church Answers","provider_url":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com","title":"Eight Key Decisions You Must Make About Groups in Your Church | Church Answers","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2Y019TQlxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/eight-key-decisions-you-must-make-about-groups-in-your-church\/\">Eight Key Decisions You Must Make About Groups in Your Church<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/eight-key-decisions-you-must-make-about-groups-in-your-church\/embed\/#?secret=2Y019TQlxx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Eight Key Decisions You Must Make About Groups in Your Church&#8221; &#8212; Church Answers\" data-secret=\"2Y019TQlxx\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Diverse-group-of-people-learning-and-studying-together.png","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":628,"description":"I spent many years in a church tradition that viewed Sunday school as the only legitimate group model. That tradition put significant efforts into maintaining the Sunday school organization. Most of their groups were ongoing (sometimes called \u201copen\u201d). All the classes met on Sunday morning at the church site. Their denomination provided the weekly curriculum.Many of the members of these churches viewed \u201cgroups\u201d or \u201csmall groups\u201d as the off-campus, less-structured system. For the Sunday-school-based churches, you weren\u2019t really involved in the church unless you were in a Sunday school class."}