I just finished reading the following blog entry and felt like I had to share it. http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2015/october/9-reasons-to-embrace-term-small-church.html?paging=off Hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.
Wishing You A Wonderful Christmas
I love Christmas. When my children were small, Christmas Day was the highlight of my year. I still love the Christmas season but some of the excitement is gone now that my children have left home. One of the things…
Small Church Choices For Small Churches
Every once in a while something jumps off the screen when I am reading someone else’s blog and the following quote did exactly that for me this week. While I am just quoting one small section, the entire blog written…
Heads Up: A couple of websites
I have mentioned Karl Vater’s blog a number of times. He is always worth reading but the last couple of entries have been excellent. They are worth the time that you will invest in reading them. First entry http://newsmallchurch.com/want-your-small-church-to-be-great-make-good-small-church-choices/ …
Your Church Is The Perfect Size To Do All That God’s Wants You To Do
A few years ago I was in conversation with someone talking about a small church with which I was involved. We talked about a number of different aspects of church life in a church that small. My sister-in-law was on…
Longevity Doesn’t Equal Spiritual Depth
Last week I shared with you the first of two statements that Dean Kevin Martin made in the workshop that he led at St. Thomas Anglican Church in St. Catherines. “The spiritual depth of a church will never exceed the…
The Indispensable Quality in Church Leadership
If I can pick up one new thought or have one truth reinforced when I read a book or attend a conference, I figure that the effort has been worthwhile. There was a time when I wanted the entire workshop…
Heads Up: Some Web Pages Worth Looking At
The following are some web pages that are worth looking at. Four Steps to Becoming a Great Church – Of Any Size Karl Vaters makes the point that greatness and size are not synonymous. Any size church can be great…
The Challenge of Working With Volunteers
In an article entitled “If You Don’t Pay Your Volunteers They Won’t Stay Your Volunteers,” Dave Jacobs suggests that leading a church is more difficult than leading a business. The reason that he gives for this is the church leader…