How To Be A More Innovative Small Church (3 Starter Principles)
Jesus Christ was the most revolutionary, innovative, world-changing person who ever lived. His followers should be the same.
Jesus Christ was the most revolutionary, innovative, world-changing person who ever lived. His followers should be the same.
Success is great. Numerical increase is wonderful. Goal-setting is motivational. Celebrating positive achievement is important. Thankfully, we can do all of that without making numbers the central focus.
When all else fails, the long, slow, but always-reliable process of restoring and nurturing relationships is what will get us through.
Letting go is a skill that has to be learned. It takes years of preparation and practice.
In general, longer pastoral stays are better than a series of short ones. But even good pastors can stay too long. Here are some reasons why.
If you do good ministry and don’t see numerical increase, at least you can rest easy knowing you did the right thing.
Should pastors adjust our leadership style to accommodate a larger congregation? Or is there a way to allow for and encourage growth that won’t require such a radical shift?
Small churches don’t attract passive people, unhealthy churches create them. And then, they often become your biggest control freaks. No participation, but lots of opinions.
One of the prime reasons for pastoral burnout is that too many of us are ignoring the simple command to equip God’s people and to share the leadership of the church.
According to the Law of Large Numbers, while ideas are often very transferable between large groups, they might completely collapse when they’re transferred to a small group.