All through college, I had this crazy idea that I would be the savior of the church. Wherever I ended up ministering, I just knew that, as soon as I arrived there, the congregation would experience a second Pentecost. Thousands would be saved. The church would experience explosive growth. And everyone would look at me and say, “Wow. Look at what he’s done for his church.”
I look back on those days and laugh at my arrogance, naiveté, short-sightedness, and closed-mindedness.
You see, I’ve discovered that small churches are not bad churches. In fact, as I have noted on several occasions in this blog, I believe that small churches truly have a number of significant advantages over their larger counterparts, and it all boils down to the this notion that I have that, per capita, small churches are more effective.
This morning, I ran across an article in the SermonCentral.com newsletter that I believe clearly explains five reasons why this is true, and I wanted to share it with you. Check it out at http://www.sermoncentral.com/articlec.asp?article=brandon-obrien-five-strategic-advantages-small-churches&ac=true&utm_medium=SC-newsletter-links&utm_campaign=SC-Newsletter.
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