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Big Church Assumptions that Unintentionally Hurt Small Churches
Some small church pastors have stopped looking for help from their big church counterparts because they’re tired of being hurt. It doesn’t have to be like this.

Effective Small-Church Prayer Strategies, with Chris Paavola (Ep 127)
“Just get together with two or three people—your Peter, James, and John—and just start praying.”

For Every Minister Who Struggles With Your Prayer Life
Real prayer is about relationship. And relationships are hard. Even (especially?) with God.

The Essential First Steps to a Healthy Small Church
The biggest problem with small churches is not that they’re small. It’s that we think being small is a problem.

The Idolatry Of The Grind
“Instead of focusing on what we do, we need to celebrate what God still manages to do through broken people like us.”

Grow It or Close It? Is There a Third Option for Struggling Small Churches?
We need to assemble and promote the best ideas we can find to help struggling small churches become healthy small churches.

Creating Margin in Ministry Through a Side Hustle and Travel Hacking, with Tim Walker (Ep 126)
“We also need to have an equal investment in rest and replenishment for the sake of longevity.”

A Big Church? Or a Healthy Church? What If You Had to Choose?
Usually a choice for church health is also a choice for church growth. But not always. Sometimes it’s one or the other.

Sunday Night Gratitude
Sunday evenings can be tough for pastors. The day is over. It may not have gone the way you hoped. In this guest article, Kevin Wells offers a pastoral perspective on the exhaustion, joy, challenge, and anticipation that so many of us feel when another Sunday is coming to a close. — Karl Vaters It’s