What’s The Right Size Church?
What if the right size for the church you serve is the size you are right now, and bigger wouldn’t be better?
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Pastoring
A Small Church Guide to Podcasting and Digital Ministry
Chad Brooks, on how to use podcasting and digital content in your church’s discipleship strategy, with minimal time, money, and skill.
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Seven Guidelines For Entering A New Pastorate
No method fits everyone, but you can use these to develop your entering strategy and the rate at which you facilitate change.
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5 Essential Lessons For Young Pastors Leading Older Churches
There are very few callings that are more laden with minefields than a young pastor called to serve an older church. But if it’s done well it can be extremely rewarding, for both the young pastor and the older church.
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9 Small Church Leadership Traits No Pastor Should Ever Outgrow
Small churches have a tendency to keep us humble, sometimes involuntarily. But that humility is something we should never outgrow, no matter how big the church or ministry becomes.
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How To Pivot Your Pastoral Leadership In Uncertain Times
When times are normal, leaders inspire change. When times are disruptive, leaders provide stability.
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Congregations Don’t Want a Hero, They Want a Pastor
Church members aren’t looking for super-pastors, they want basic pastoral competence, honesty and leadership. That’s what they ought to expect.
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Small Church Finances: 2 Security Lessons I Learned The Hard Way
Trusting each other doesn’t mean we shouldn’t put proper financial checks and balances in place.
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Small Church Finances: 4 Budgeting Lessons I Learned The Hard Way
Money isn’t the goal of ministry. But it is a tool – and an important one. When we manage our money well, we can do better ministry with it.
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Recruiting Volunteers In a Small Church
Intentional mentoring is a great way to expand your church’s capacity for effective ministry and fulfill our mandate to make disciples and equip God’s people.
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