There’s more than one way for churches to grow.
But over the last forty years or so we’ve been given one model of church growth almost exclusively. Get more people in the building.
Nothing in nature keeps growing continuously. Everything grows bigger until it reaches maturity, then it grows in other ways after that.
Why would we expect local churches to be any different?
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Pastors may be surrounded by people, but that doesn’t mean they have their support. It takes a church for a pastor to rest well.
While the Church Growth Movement created larger churches and opportunities, it also created larger dangers.
“In the first twenty years of the movement, research focused on principles; lately the focus has been on discovering new techniques, programs, or methods.” (Elmer Towns)
