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Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

What Does It Mean That We’ll Still Be Finite in Heaven?

The promise of Heaven is not that we will become infinite—that would be to become inhuman. It’s that we’ll be far better finite humans than we have ever been.

Beyond the Dream: No Time for Leaders to Coast

"As long as I am in a position of leadership, it will demand the same things leadership has always demanded."

Want More Visitors? It Has to Get Personal

The best method and timing for outreach ... and the one essential ingredient.

Where Do We Grow From Here?

“Growth isn’t an option—it’s a must. It’s not reserved for churches of a certain size.”

Dan Kimball on Heaven, Hell and Evangelism

Will the recent theology discussions about the afterlife de-emphasize evangelism even further?

Have Churches Forgotten How to Reproduce?

Ed Stetzer: Everyone is talking reproduction, but not enough churches are having babies.

Dan Kimball: Reflections on Church Plant Year 10

"Church planting made me think through my own sense of identity. Did I base my worth as a leader on the size of my ministry?

Soulfires: Long Way Home

Through an unlikely friendship, two outcasts find a new passion for ministry and a new beginning in grace.

Small Church by the Numbers

Fast facts: Putting the small church in statistical perspective