OK, so technically, this one’s true. My church can’t compete with megachurches. Trying to do what they do on a Small Church scale would, did, and does lead to disaster and burnout. What makes the statement a myth is that it’s built on a faulty premise. The premise that we’re supposed to be like megachurches, […]
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People love Small Churches. It’s pastors who have a problem with them. The Grasshopper Myth book has been in the hands of the members of my church for about a month. And I’m currently teaching through the principles of it on Sunday mornings. (They’re being recorded and will be podcast here soon.) So the feedback
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Hi, I’m Karl and I’m a Small Church pastor. Do you wonder why I keep saying that? Maybe it was something I learned in a marketing class about branding my message? If so, I should get my tuition refunded. “Small”, “Church” and “Pastor” are three of the least marketable words there are. I say it
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More evidence has just come in. Small Churches are the next big thing. I wasn’t planning to revisit this idea for a while, but a couple days ago I read a post by Thom Rainer, with the curious title “The Death of the Mall and the Future of Church Buildings.” In it, Thom made some
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A lot of websites define themselves by what they’re against, instead of what they’re for. No, I won’t name any – that would make me one of them. Unfortunately there are a lot of churches that do the same. Here at New Small Church, we prefer to be in favor of good things before we’re
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A lot of websites define themselves by what they’re against, instead of what they’re for. No, I won’t name any – that would make me one of them. Unfortunately there are a lot of churches that do the same. Here at New Small Church, we prefer to be in favor of good things before we’re
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