Growth Track
Discover your God-given purpose, build meaningful relationships, and make a lasting impact.
God made you on purpose and for a purpose. The Growth Track is a series of small groups designed to equip you for that purpose. These groups help you engage in the life of the church, where you can discover, develop, and deploy your unique gifts and calling.
Through the Growth Track, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a disciple of Christ, explore the vision and mission of Manna Church, and see what ministry looks like in your context.
It’s about becoming more of who God created you to be and forming life-giving relationships. No matter where you are in your journey, the Growth Track will equip you to walk more fully in your God-given calling and make a meaningful impact in your world.
The Three Steps
The three parts of Growth Track—FirstStep, NextStep, and LeaderStep—each build on what you learn before, helping you understand who God made you to be, how you can join His work in the world, and how to lead others toward a deeper faith.
FirstStep
- 4 Weeks Long
In FirstStep, you will discover what a balanced, integrated, and healthy life of a disciple of Jesus looks like, specifically within the context of Manna Church.
NextStep
- 4 Weeks Long
Learn about who we are as a church, why we’re here, where we’re going, and what your next step could be.
LeaderStep
- 8 Weeks Long
Engage in leadership development built on our 12 Operational Principles. Learn about leading small groups and creating environments of spiritual growth, authentic relationships, and Kingdom impact.
Why Growth Track Matters:
Connect with others in a small group setting, forming relationships as you explore Manna’s core mission, vision, and values.
Understand who God is shaping you to be and how your unique gifts fit into His purposes.
Get equipped to grow and live out your faith within your family, workplace, unit, or whatever your context may be. Learn how to effectively advance the Kingdom of God wherever you are.
Questions About Growth Track
Membership is not required to join a Growth Track group.
The Manna Church Growth Track is designed to facilitate your growth as a healthy, effective follower of Jesus Christ. Wherever you are in your journey, the Growth Track can equip you to experience more fully your calling in God and your part in impacting your world.
Growth Track is a series of small groups that each last 4 or 8 weeks:
FirstStep (4 weeks): Manna’s 3 Values, 6 Applications, and the 9 Healthy Habits for a vibrant relationship with God and for discipling others
NextStep (4 weeks): the Manna mission to advance the kingdom of God
LeaderStep (8 weeks): Manna’s 12 operational principles + biblical keys to everyday leadership
No, you do not need to take or complete Growth Track to join a small group.
If you have completed the Growth Track at another Manna Church, it is not required to retake the Growth Track. Let us know and we’ll sync with your previous Manna site to update our records.
However, we highly encourage all members of Manna Church to regularly go back and do the Growth Track again. This deepens and refreshes the principles found in the Growth Track.
Requirements for leading a small group at Manna:
Completion of NextStep
Completion of the Manna membership application process
Completion of LeaderStep (requires completion of previous two items before starting)
Approval of site leadership
You don’t need to be a member to do FirstStep or NextStep, but you do need to be a member in order to start LeaderStep.
Our best small group leaders are people who can intentionally help others live out our 3 values and our 9 healthy habits (FirstStep), embrace our Manna mission to advance the kingdom of God (NextStep), and influence others with our culture and values (LeaderStep).
Yes, each site runs Growth Track groups. Once you register, a team from your selected site will contact you on site specific information.
Official Completion Policy:
FirstStep and NextStep: attend at least 3 of the 4 group meetings (make up a missed meeting by talking 1:1 with your leader)
LeaderStep: attend at least 7 of the 8 sessions (make up a missed meeting by talking 1:1 with your leader)
The way we do Growth Track at Manna is through a 4-week* small group experience where members actively participate each week. It’s part content, part group interaction.
While we happily share the videos and notes about the Growth Track content, those don’t count as “doing Growth Track.”
As we say at Manna, life change happens in a small group (one of the principles in LeaderStep), and we proudly embody this value in Growth Track. We embrace God’s design that growth is not a solo project.
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*FirstStep and NextStep are 4 weeks each; LeaderStep is 8 weeks
If you have kids, you can check them into Manna Kids at sites offering Growth Track during service times. If you’re attending a service before or after your Growth Track group, you’re welcome to check them in again.
For sites that hold Growth Track outside of regular service times, please check with your site leadership for specific childcare details.
Kids in sixth grade or up are welcome to join you. Like the rest of the group, they’ll participate in discussions and watch the videos in advance.
If you miss a week, communicate with your leader and coordinate a time to make up what you miss.
Kids in sixth grade or up are welcome to join and participate.
Contact gr*********@ma***.church
Looking for the Growth Track Videos?
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