Small Church Connections
Serving Small Churches Across Canada
No Little Places
Dr. Ron Johnston
In my last article I mentioned a sermon that I came across that was preached more than fifty years ago by Francis Schaeffer. The sermon was entitled No Little People, No Little Places. Last time I focused on the “No Little People” part of the sermon. Now I want to look at the second half “No Little Places.”
I grew up in what would be regarded as a little place, a small town with about one thousand people in it. I attended what most people would consider a little high school with about 300 students. I attended a little church with an attendance of about forty-five people on a Sunday morning.
That little church though had a youth group that made a huge impact for Christ in the years that followed.
The research partnership on Women in the Canadian Evangelical Church has launched an audio documentary series that explores the varied experiences of women in Canadian churches. The study involved women across congregations, denominations and backgrounds about their roles, challenges and contributions to church life. These studies show the reality in our churches today. They did research partnering with Small Church Connections and 13 other organizations. This series acts as a supplementary resource to the final research report that will be released early next year. Visit TheEFC.ca/PotlucksandPulpits to listen to the episodes.
Podcasts – Highlights
Episode #31 – Gil Langerak – Canadian Center for Christian Charities helps the small church
Gil Langerack works with the Canadian Centre for Christian Charities. The Centre serves thousands of Christian Charities in Canada – facilitating charities in dealing with government, CRA and many other areas.
Significant Church
For the past four years Small Church Connections has partnered with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and ten other organizations in a research project on small churches in Canada… READ MORE
Small Church Network
Small Church Pastors’ Retreats
Small Church Connections has established the Canadian Small Church Network open to anyone with a desire to serve small churches more effectively than in the past.
Small Church Connections is planning retreats where pastors and spouses, if they are able to come, can spend a few days away from their churches with other small church pastors