Tag: Small Church

The God who bled for you, who died for you, who rose from the dead for you, and who now lives in you through the Holy Spirit, believes in you.

A church with mission-shaped people living together for the gospel makes all the difference.

A recent Small Town Summits event at Gordon Conwell indicates that small town ministry is alive and well.

If we are simply getting bigger churches, that’s not church growth; that’s Christian consolidation.

The church has an excellent opportunity to review the community's needs and begin to capture one element that it could do to help the community become healthier.

Leverage your advantages to reach your community.

The community outside the church's walls needs a Bible-teaching church as much as the church needs a community that is invested in what it offers.

As you welcome the new members and celebrate the changes, do not neglect the longtime leaders who have served this church in good times and bad. The first defections from a growing church are often people who have served for years but who now feel they are being pushed out.