Lead pastors who lead a small group create a win-win dynamic. The pastors and the churches they lead both become healthier and grow as a result. Jim Egli, who has served as a senior pastor, associate pastor, missions pastor, and...
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Discipling
Invite People Into a Journey, Not Just a Relationship
We often define the Christian life as a relationship. It's a vital part of our theology and our language. We need a vertical relationship with God and horizontal relationships with others (ref., John 22:37-40; 1 John 1:3). That's absolutely true,...
Church Leadership, Leader's Heart-Overflow, Small Group Leaders, Spiritual Life
All Leaders and Teams Would Benefit from Leading from the Heart
People still ask me questions about my book, Leading from the Heart, which I wrote 20 years ago. The subtitle, "A small group leader's guide to a passionate ministry," defines my original intended audience, small group leaders, plus the coaches...
Church Leadership
THE PANDEMIC’S LEADERSHIP LESSONS
Great leaders have a blend of humility—they know that they don’t know everything—and a curiosity to discover answers. They are constantly learning from a variety of sources, beginning with God’s Word, but also through books, mentors, failures, crises, and personal...
Church Leadership
The Art of Asking the Right Questions (Especially During Times of Crisis)
What do God’s people do when faced with challenges like a worldwide pandemic or civil unrest? We always have a choice: immediately seek solutions or turn to God. Of course, this is not a binary choice—we can do both—but it’s...
Church Leadership
MLK: ‘What Kind of Extremists Will We Be?’
“If today’s church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century. Every day...
Discipling
Make More Disciples by Making Less
As a small group leader, how many people do you think you can effectively lead, shepherd, and disciple? Eight? Ten? Twelve? Twenty? Let me ask this question another way: If you are to bear much fruit, fruit that will last...
Church Leadership
Every Decision Point Is an Opportunity to Grow (and a Possibility for Pain)
Why do some churches grow and multiply, some plateau, and others decline? It’s a question I’ve considered for a long time, and my experience as well as everything I read and study and all the people I talk to reinforce...
Leader's Heart-Overflow
Step #1 in Becoming a Great Leader: Gut-Level Honesty
The World’s Greatest Small Group Leader is a perfect model for us. Jesus’ priority was his relationship with his Father. He said and did and taught nothing on his own, but only what his Father gave him. Henri Nouwen once...
Leader's Heart-Overflow, Spiritual Life
‘Where Are You?’
"Where are you?" The obvious answer to that question is a physical one ... but there's a much more vital spiritual answer. "Where are you?" is the simple, three-word question God asked Adam (Genesis 3:9) after he and his wife...
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