My podcast guest this week is Jean Morgan, a small church pastor who wrote a Masters thesis about the correlation between a pastor’s personality and the size of the church they serve.
In this conversation, Jean and I talk about
- The way he made this assessment
- The initial results
- The possible impact of his results for us as small church pastors
What we discover is that our effectiveness in small church ministry is less about our personality type and far more about
- Our feelings of effectiveness
- Listening closely to our calling, not to the outside voices that tell us we need to hit certain numbers
- How God can use any personality type to accomplish his will for his church
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Credits
Producer
Veronica Beaver | KarlVaters.com
Music composed and performed by
Jack Wilkins | JackWilkinsMusic.com
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Solomon Joy | Joyetic.com
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Shelley Vaters | KarlVaters.com
Author
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Karl Vaters produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of five books on church leadership, including his newest, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next. His other books include The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry, featuring in-depth interviews about topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context. He has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience.
You can follow Karl on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and LinkedIn, or Contact Karl to inquire about speaking, writing, and consultation.
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