Why do multisite church? Why should your church spend the time, effort and expense to launch new campuses in new locations? I want to share three key reasons, based on our church’s experience, why you should seriously consider using a multisite strategy. We began our multisite journey motivated by two facts. First, we learned that […]
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My Favorite Small Group Curriculum
By Jim Egli on September 22, 2012 in Discipleship, Pray, Small Group Leader Resources, Small Group Meetings, Small Groups
My favorite small group curriculum right now, the one I find myself recommending over and over to small group leaders, is Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton. I love it. It’s a six-session DVD curriculum on how to connect with God through simple spiritual disciplines. There are two reasons I love it so much. First, the […]
How to Be a High Impact Coach
By Jim Egli on August 25, 2012 in Coaching, Discipleship, Eating Together, Empower, Small Group Pastor
For most churches we are just launching a new church year. For the first blog entry of the year I want to focus on the dynamic that my researched revealed as the most important element for a church’s small group system’s health and growth—the effective coaching of your leaders. Coaching is pivotal whether you are […]
How to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples
Aside from taking time with God and staying vitally connected to him, I’m convinced the most important dimension of my leadership is making disciples of Jesus who will in turn make other disciples. This is at the heart of the great commission, of life transformation, leadership mobilization, and church health and growth. There are two […]
Simultaneously Expand Your Impact and Make Your Life Easier
By Jim Egli on June 23, 2012 in Discipleship, Empower, Life Balance, Small Group Leader Resources, Small Groups
If you are a ministry leader there is one thing that you can do that will both greatly increase your impact AND make your life easier. What is it? Raising up other leaders to your level. Raising up other leaders lightens your load and multiplies your impact. Although it tremendously eases our work load down […]
Make Disciples Who Make Disciples
I’m a small group enthusiast and always will be, but the longer I have done ministry the more convinced I have become that the heart of it all is making disciples who make more disciples of Jesus. Last Sunday my wife Vicki and I took a group of our pastoral interns and visited a church […]
Discipleship thru Mini-Groups
How do you release spiritual growth in small groups? How do you help people move through barriers into the fullness that God has for them in Jesus? A big part of this is mini-groups. I love small groups and I also love mini-groups. What is a mini-group? It’s two to four guys or two to […]