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.

5 Ways to Reverse Church Decline

Ed Stetzer: "Sadly, many churches don’t have the guts to hear the hard things."

9 Practical Ways to Increase Giving In Your Church

"Never make tithing about expenses. Make it about vision."

Rick Warren: Balance Is the Key to Church Health

"A far better focal point than church growth is church health. Big isn’t better. Small isn’t better. Healthy is better."

Where I Find My Best Outreach Ideas

Dan Kimball: Four questions to consider as you find innovative ways to increase your church’s impact in the community.

The Sarah Connor Guide to Leading the Church

"'Leadership' is the new wine that the church has become drunk with, substituting it for the pure power of the Holy Spirit."

3 Reasons People Don’t Come Back to Your Church

"Unchurched people don't want soft answers from us. They want to know if we're the real deal."

5 Dangers of Leading Your Church Staff Like a Family

"A staff led like a family will eventually stall the growth of the church."

10 Characteristics of a Narcissistic Church

"Just as we're often blind to our own selfish tendencies, we often fail to notice when narcissism is present in our churches."