Jim EgliJm Egli is the Leadership Pastor at the Vineyard Church (Urbana, IL). This is a church with five campuses in East Central Illinois. Jim's assignment is to multiply the number of leaders, small groups, and churches here, near and far away. i Since 199 the central focus of Jim's ministry has been small group ministry. For eight years of that time my full-time job was writing training and consulting with churches helping them to establish vibrant small group ministries. In his quest to help churches with small groups Jim completed a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication from Regent University researching what differentiates growing small groups from stagnant ones and why some churches small groups ministry thrive while others struggle. He wrote a book called Small Groups, Big Impact, which might be the most researched and practical book ever written for small group leaders. Read More Read Less