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There are four easy ways to support this work financially.
All donations go to the ministry of Helping Small Churches Thrive and are tax-deductible.
Make your donation or sign up for monthly support using one of the options below. Make sure to include your mailing address.
HOW TO DO FIRST-TIME SET-UP
1. Find ZELLE in your banking app
2. Click SEND
3. Enter [email protected] (In some banking apps, we will show up as Convergence Ministries)
4. Enter the amount, and the One-time or Monthly option
5. Not signed up with Zelle, yet? Click the logo (above) to start the set-up
6. Stuck? Email Shelley Vaters, using the Contact Form
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Click to support us on an ongoing basis for $10, $30, $50 or $100 a month.
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Author
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Karl 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.
Karl has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience. He and his wife, Shelley have three children and two grandkids.
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