Have you ever attended a church leadership conference, then gone back to your small church and tried to implement what the big-church speaker talked about, only to have it land with a thud?
I have. For years it made me wonder “was the speaker wrong, or am I stupid?” The truth is, they’re not wrong. And you’re not stupid. You’re just in very different contexts.
Small churches can be strong, healthy, and effective—and not just when they get bigger. Any church can be effective at the size they are. Right. Now.
Check out this video to get a quick overview of the three simple, but profound principles we need to discover and implement to help every church of any size be everything God is calling you to be.
It starts with how we think, not what we do.
This is another segment from my full-length seminar talks. This segment from a longer talk that’s also called Three Ways a Small Church Can be an Effective Church.
For more information about this and other full-length sessions that I can present at your pastors seminar, webinar or multi-day workshop, go to my Speaking Menu page. You’ll find more video clips like this as they’re created, plus a contact form to inquire about available dates, and a full menu of session titles.
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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.
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