Dear Andy Stanley, Please Be the Small Church’s Ally, Not Our Enemy

I hate situations like this. I just listened to a sermon from a guy I like, who insulted me, my church and ninety percent of the churches on earth for no good reason. For over three years I've been blogging on the value of small churches. I've also written a book about it. In everything I've written, I've been very careful to state that I don't prefer small or big churches. They all have value. In fact, the subtitle of my book, The Grasshopper Myth is Big Churches, Small Churches and the Small Thinking that Divides Us. But now Andy Stanley – a guy I like, though we've never met – has engaged in some seriously small thinking by using some of the strongest insults I've ever heard uttered in a public forum against small churches. (This post has been updated with Stanley’s apology.)

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For over three years I’ve been blogging on the value of small churches. I’ve also written a book about it.

But now Andy Stanley – a guy I like, though we’ve never met – has engaged in some seriously small thinking by using some of the strongest insults I’ve ever heard uttered in a public forum against small churches.

(This post has been updated with Stanley’s apology.)

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