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We’re All Televangelists Now (11 Ways To Avoid The Pitfalls Of Live Stream)
More churches are live streaming their services now. But most preachers aren’t paying enough attention to the possible downsides of it.
5 Ways To Make The Most Of This Small Church Moment
Right now may be the best time lead, minister, worship and fellowship in a healthy small church.
8 Simple Tips To Create Short Smart Phone Ministry Videos (Our First How-To Video!)
Welcome to our first-ever How-To Video! In this short presentation I walk through 8 essential tips that will help you create better, more effective short-form videos for your church or ministry.
“Will The Congregation Come Back?” Should Not Be Our Biggest Concern (6 Better Questions)
Whether people come back through our church doors is not the big issue. How we honor Jesus by reaching the hurting people outside our doors is what matters.
5 Essential Lessons For Young Pastors Leading Older Churches
There are very few callings that are more laden with minefields than a young pastor called to serve an older church. But if it’s done well it can be extremely rewarding, for both the young pastor and the older church.
3 Steps To Culture Change In A Small Church (Hint: It’s Different Than A Big Church)
There may be nothing more important to the mission of a church than having a healthy culture. And that culture, conscious or not, is the linchpin that holds any congregation together – or tears it apart.
What To Do When Life And Ministry Feel Overwhelming
Life feels overwhelming right now. But even when we’re experiencing a good kind of overwhelming, we can’t live there for long. If we don’t deal with it properly, it has the potential to go really bad, really fast.
Yes, I Want Our Small Congregation To Grow – But . . .
Work for numerical growth. But don’t put so much energy into a hoped-for future that you shortchange your right-now life and ministry.
How An Unspoken Justin Bieber Joke Taught Me To Treat Everyone As An Image-Bearer
I not have the right to treat any other human being badly, I have an extra obligation not to pile on to someone who’s already receiving so much hurtful attention. No amount of adulation or money can balance that ledger in a person’s heart.
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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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