A proven church consultant and workshop leader, Dr. James Newby currently serves as Minister for Faith and Learning at Wayzata Community Church in Wayzata, Minnesota.

Previously he served as director of the Trueblood Academy at the Earlham School of Religion. He also was executive director of the Yokefellow Institute.

Newby's work with small groups is the culmination of a major Lilly Endowment grant on congregational renewal.

This tutorial is being made available through the consent of Dr. Newby and the Alban Institute, who originally published it as a book entitled Gathering the Seekers.

The staff of the Congregational Resource Guide offer our thanks to Dr. Newby, to the Alban Institute, and to Lilly Endowment Inc. for enabling us to present Gathering the Seekers on line.