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Big Church Sins vs. Small Church Sins: Who’ll Throw the First Stone?

Big churches and Small Churches bring different gifts to the body of Christ. They also face different sets of temptations, based on their size.

The biggest problem with church size isn’t that there are too many big congregations or too many small ones. I also don’t think there is an ideal church size or a bad church size.

The biggest problem with church size is when we use it as one more excuse for Christians to throw stones at each other.

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8 Reasons Why It’s OK to Call Your Church a Small Church

For decades (yes, decades!) I refused to acknowledge that my church was small or that I was a Small Church pastor. Not any more. Now, I’m not just OK with it, I celebrate it.

Some people don’t like using the term Small Church because, in their minds, that term equates with a church being sickly, settling or worse. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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When People Leave: The Private Pain of the Small Church Pastor

It’s taken me a long time to hit “publish” on today’s post because, when I raise an issue, I like to provide solutions or alternatives. But I don’t have a solution to this one.

So today’s post is not about answers. It’s a recognition of our shared pain. With the hope that we can find some sort of solace by knowing we’re not alone in these feelings. Here are some painful truths many of us have felt when people leave our churches.

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Yes, My Church Still Calls It Easter – Here are 5 Reasons Why

I wish Easter wasn’t called Easter. It would be great if everyone knew it as Resurrection Sunday. But they don’t. So, while our church uses both terms, Easter is our go-to – especially when we invite people to join us.

If your church doesn’t use the word Easter, I’m not arguing that you should. But here are five reasons why we do.

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The Next Time Your Ministry Feels Like a Failure, Remember This

Jesus never wrote a book or erected a building for his followers to rally around.

His trial was a farce, but his torture was real. At his death he hung naked, and bleeding. His flesh hanging in strips from his barely-recognizable body. As he died, he didn’t just feel forsaken by God, he actually was forsaken by God.

Jesus’ ministry was a failure.

Until…

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Online Church Is Great, But It’s Not Enough

The church needs to be more digital. For Small Churches especially, the digital world can level the playing field and give us a broader reach and wider ministry than we currently have.

We need more churches taking advantage of online services, podcasts, livestreaming, social media, blogging, you name it.

But church will never be digital. Screen-to-screen is no substitute for face-to-face. Digital reality cannot replace actual reality.

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A Fun, Free Way For Church Members to Invite Friends for Easter (Or Any Time)

For years, we used to spend a lot of time and money to create an Easter invitation flyer. Then we’d spend way too much money to print it and run it in a neighborhood magazine or newspaper. But we received very little benefit from all that work and expense.

With social media, we changed our tactics. We started creating our own flyers and making them available for church members to post on their social media pages. Not only was it free but, since people are always putting stuff like that on social media anyway, it felt less like advertising and more like chatting with friends.

This year, we’re taking it a step further. In addition to creating an Easter flyer for the church, we’re helping everyone at the church create their own personalized invitation. In today’s post, I’ll show you how we’re doing it.

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