In many small churches, Easter Sunday is one of the lowest-attended, most challenging days of the year.
Most people don’t know this because small church pastors don’t complain about it. They just deal with.
Why is Easter attendance so low in many small churches? Do we not have have enough faith, prayer, planning or some other essential quality?
No. No. A thousand times, no. Here’s what happens.
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Karl produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of four books on church leadership. His fifth book, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next, releases on April 2, 2024.
He also hosts a bi-weekly podcast,The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry. Episodes feature in-depth interviews about the topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context.
Karl has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience. He and his wife, Shelley have three children and two grandkids.