Health Factors that Produce Dynamic Growth

By Jim Egli, Small Groups, Big Impact Four cell group health factors impact the three growth factors. The first is the small group factor called “Praying Leaders.” Our research has concluded that when a cell group leader prays, the group will grow through...

Growth in Discipleship through Reaching Out

By Jim Egli, Small Groups, Big Impact Over the past several decades there has been an ongoing debate about the merits of “open” small groups that seek to include new people and “closed” groups that are not open to newcomers. Proponents of closed groups have argued...

Coaching is the Key

By Dr. Jim Egli,  Small Groups, Big Impact I, Joel Comiskey, blogged last week about Jim Egli’s research.  In Jim’s  investigation of 3,000 small leaders, he found that coaching was the most important feature of growing small group based  churches. In this blog, let’s...