Even great small groups like yours can easily get into a rut where things are too predictable and routine. If your group is in this situation now and you need to mix things up to create more fun, outreach and relationship, here are three things you can do to get out or stay out of […]
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3 Tools to Assess and Improve Your Church’s Health
Like many of you, I’ve sat in countless leadership meetings. So often at these meetings we are trying to figure out the state of our church and ministries and then come up with plans for improving them. Someone at the meeting might say something like, “Our youth ministry is a mess.” That might be an […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why Your Small Group Ministry Is Struggling (and What You Can Do About It)
By Jim Egli on June 17, 2012 in Coaching, Small Group Leader Resources, Small Group Pastor, Small Groups
If your church’s small group ministry is struggling, I think I know why. Based on 8 years as a full-time small group consultant, 12 years as a small group pastor, and statistical research involving the small group ministries over 200 churches, I see three key mistakes that cripple small group system growth. Do any of […]