The Mixed Blessings Of Scalable Church

Church leaders often worry about churches that stay small. Some of that worry is justified. Much of it isn’t. Some things about church are always scalable. The Great Commission commands us to reach as many people as possible with the truth of the gospel, for instance. But other things are better in small batches. The Great Commandment, for instance, often demands that we go smaller and deeper, not bigger and wider. The same is often true for the mentoring aspects of discipleship. We need to understand why a church is small before we can know if its size is a problem to overcome or an opportunity to capitalize on.

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We need to understand why a church is small before we can know if its size is a problem to overcome or an opportunity to capitalize on.

Is it small because something is broken or stuck, causing it to stall out when it should be scalable? If so, good stewardship demands that those problems be addressed and fixed.

Or is your church small because it excels in the kind of ministry that happens best in small batches? Maybe you’re ministering to people who feel overwhelmed when the crowd gets big. If so, good stewardship demands that you dump the guilt and reignite your passion for farm-to-table faith.

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