If the size of my church was up to me, it would have been a lot bigger a long time ago.
After all, like so many of my peers in ministry, I’ve followed all the rules. Preach the Word, train disciples, reach people, remove obstacles, lead and manage it well, and the church will grow. Won’t it?
But then, it doesn’t. Not for most of us.
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A conversation with Eugene Peterson’s biographer on how simple pastoral presence is the healthy alternative to Christian celebrity.
When you have an open market, not
just in finance, but in religion, the size of the crowd brings an air of credibility.
We debate what Jesus would say or do if he was walking the earth today. But no honest reader of the Bible can doubt he would be with people.
