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Christmas In The Small Church: Why Intimate Is Better Than Epic
When your congregation is smaller, embracing the benefits of your size can make you remarkable.
The Prophetic Voice of Deconstruction, with Scot McKnight (Ep 91)
“We believe deconstruction is a prophetic movement resisting a distorted gospel. It is not a problem; it is a voice. And we need to listen to what it is saying to the church.”
Need A Free Last-Minute Christmas Skit? Here’s A Fun, Simple Idea
This skit has a lot of laughs while honoring the biblical narrative.
The Bible Reading Coach Podcast for 2025
This time, you’ll finish.
Tweaking The Gaps In The Prevailing Model Of Church Planting
The slightly tweaked model will be slower, and likely result in fewer large churches, but I don’t know if that’s a bad thing.
How Bible Reading Can Jumpstart Your Church’s Discipleship, with Matt Lucas (ep 90)
The research is in. Daily engagement in the Bible is the behavior that’s most likely to build someone’s spiritual maturity.
8 Steps For Life-Transforming Sermons
A sermon is not a pep talk, a life hack, or a political screed. It should start and end with the biblical text, accurately studied and clearly presented.
How to Transition Leadership Well (5 Ways Jesus Shows Us)
How a leader steps away is important. Too quickly, it’s likely to fail. Awkwardly or too slowly, it’s difficult for everyone involved.
Overcoming the Tyranny of Results In Church Leadership (Video)
We need a wider view of church health and growth (from one-dimensional to two-dimensional), seeing health and size through different lenses.
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Karl Vaters produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of five books on church leadership, including his newest, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next. His other books include The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry, featuring in-depth interviews about topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context. He has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience.
You can follow Karl on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and LinkedIn, or Contact Karl to inquire about speaking, writing, and consultation.
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