A Big Church? Or a Healthy Church? What If You Had to Choose?

I hate either/or choices. I like both/and. But life doesn’t always give us that. Take church growth and health, for instance. Usually, a choice for church health is also a choice for church growth. But not always. Sometimes it's one or the other. Especially in a smaller church.

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Usually, a choice for church health is also a choice for church growth. But not always. Sometimes it’s one or the other. Especially in a smaller church.

Here are some ways that might occur:

  • A small church pastor has the money to buy a church growth book or a spiritual growth book, but not both. Which one gets their hard-earned cash?
  • A bivocational pastor has the time to attend only one conference this year. Do they go to the church growth conference or the prayer retreat?
  • A downtown church has the chance to rent a larger space, but the new location is too far away for the homeless population they’ve been serving to attend. Do they stay or do they go?

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