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How Do You Define A Healthy Church Aside From The Numbers?
Numbers are not the only way to determine church health. In many situations, they’re not even the best way.
Recovering & Thriving In the Post-Pandemic Church: Pt. 2 (Podcast Ep 008)
The second of a two-part series in which Karl Vaters shares lessons from hundreds of small church pastors about responding, recovering and thriving through a challenging season.
What Is A Small Church? (An Updated Definition)
There are two types of small churches. The church of 50 (give or take 50) and the church of 150 (give or take 50). Each has different strengths, needs and ways of being led. Both matter.
Recovering & Thriving In the Post-Pandemic Church: Pt. 1 (Podcast Ep 007)
The first of a two-part series in which Karl Vaters shares lessons from hundreds of small church pastors about responding, recovering and thriving through a challenging season.
Reimagining Missions Strategy In The Small/Mid-Size Church (Webinar Series)
Three free webinars that give small/mid-size churches a practical, step-by-step process to reimagine a missions strategy to meet the fast-changing needs of our congregations and the people we’re called to reach.
Video Ministry Using Devices You Already Own, with Craig Forrest (Podcast Ep 6)
Karl Vaters interviews Craig Forrest, who’s spent decades shooting and editing film and video for ministries and network TV.
Coming Back Better: Leading Your Congregation Out Of A Traumatic Time (Webinar July 14)
You, your leadership team, and everyone in your church have been impacted on multiple levels over the last year. Are you going to pick up where you left off or move forward toward something greater?
Small Church Conferences: with Dale Sellers, Chris Vitarelli, Carl & Kalani Culley (Podcast Ep 5)
A conversation with four people who host conferences for small church leaders. Including the importance of having better small church representation at big church leadership conferences.
Decision Fatigue, with Ira Antoine (Podcast Ep 4)
This is an important conversation about the important subject of Decision Fatigue. You know, that exhaustion you feel when there are Just. Too. Many. Decisions. To. Be. Made. And. No. One. Else. To. Make. Them!
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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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