Ephraim Schoephoerster

Ephraim serves as the Life Groups and Discipleship Coordinator at Rise Church in Abilene, Texas. He is also the founder of Enneagram Ephraim, where he coaches pastors in navigating team dynamics. His work has appeared in ACU’s Mosaic, Small Church Ministries, and XP Pastors. He lives in Abilene with his family.

Aug 6

Your Small Group Leaders Need More Than Training by Ephraim Schoephoerster

He had completed every module. He had read the book we gave him. He had shadowed a veteran leader for a full semester and sat through our orientation weekend. On paper, he was the most prepared small group leader we had ever launched. Six weeks in, he called me and said, “I don’t think I […]