They Just Don’t Get It: Why Big Church Solutions Can’t Fix Small Church Problems

You can’t drop two zeroes from an idea that works in a church of 5,000 and expect it to work in a church of 50. Even if it’s healthy, strong and growing. Big church principles only scale down so far. By the time they reach the average church (the median size is 75 people), most of them don’t work any more.

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You can’t drop two zeroes from an idea that works in a church of 5,000 and use it in a church of 50. Even if it’s healthy, strong and growing.

Big church principles only scale down so far. By the time they reach the average church (the median size is 75 people), most of them don’t work any more.

When it come to what small churches and their pastors face on a daily basis…

They. Just. Don’t. Get. It.

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