Most small churches don’t understand, and for that reason, don’t appreciate the extent of their impact on the world at large. In most cases it goes far beyond what happens on a Sunday morning. Impact or success In a…
There Are No Nobodies in the Church
For two years prior to starting this blog, I sent out a weekly email to a group of small-church leaders across Canada. In those emails I tried to encourage and mentor the leaders who received them. From time to time…
The Value of Celebration
Last Saturday was a big day. My wife’s family celebrated her father’s 85th birthday. It was a family affair but in this case family made for a big celebration. All five children were there along with some of the grandchildren…
Five Positives in Small Church Ministry
This blog entry is meant to be something of a protest. I am tired of small-church being put down. I want to stand up and say something positive for small churches. If you are a small-church pastor or leader or…
The Danger of Aiming Too High
Have you ever aimed so high that success seemed like failure? It is easy for small churches to make this mistake. We are told that we need to have vision. We are told that we need to aim high. One…
What Does Your Church Do Really Well?
One year my wife was part of a large choir that performed Handel’s Messiah as the church’s Christmas outreach program. The worship leader in that large church used the slogan “Everyone should perform the Messiah at least once in their…
Taking Care of the Pastor
This blog entry is not for the pastor. It is for those people in a church who are supposed to take care of the pastor. I would encourage pastors to read it and then decide what they want to do…
The Pastor as Lover
People love categories. If they can just divide things into a list of different categories, then they can get a handle on them. So in regard to the church there are small churches, medium churches, large churches and mega churches.…
Encouragement for Small-Church Leaders
Some times leaders just need encouragement and that’s what this blog entry is all about. I just want to encourage you. A blog Let’s start off with one of the more encouraging blog entries that I have read lately.…
The Outward Direction of Discipleship
Over the years people in evangelical churches have seen the Great Commission as a call to evangelism and in particular a call to worldwide evangelism. As we have seen over the past four weeks it is much more than just…