Small Church

Lebanon Baptist Church: A Sweet Way to Serve

Churches seem to have an expectation that people need to come to us. We need to change that paradigm.

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.

Star City First Assembly of God: Start With Jerusalem

The church looked around and assessed local need. One of its biggest outreaches is now a community-wide distribution of food, clothes, shoes, backpacks, school supplies and other household items at back-to-school time.

4 Ways to Break the Attendance Barrier

Ed Stetzer: "There are four shifts that must take place to ensure continued growth past the traditional attendance barriers."

5 Reasons to Go Bivocational

"I’m not claiming it’s wrong to minister full-time; merely that it’s not always right."

4 Elements Your Sunday Services Need

"Hone in on these four elements over the next several months and watch your worship experiences go from good to great."

5 Ways to Build a Small-Church Dream Team

William Vanderbloemen: “Churches need to find leaders who know how to build teams and develop leaders around them.”

Does a Church’s Name Really Matter?

One pastor explains the origin of his church's name and why it accurately represents his congregation.

Incarnational Ministry: Living Big in Small Places

Hugh Halter: "Jesus' public life was an outgrowth of his subterranean existence as he lived among people in the margins."

6 Ways to Build Unity in Your Church

"If Satan can get us fighting against each other, we become neutralized and of little use to the world."

3 Church Methods That Need to Change

Ed Stetzer: "Here are three methodological shifts churches should consider to more effectively make disciples."