Not all small churches are created equal. Sure, some are small because the leadership doesn't have a strong vision for reaching their community. But Karl Vaters believes that the pressure to raise numbers has kept many small churches from becoming the best small church they can be. For the past 20 years, Karl has served as pastor of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Fountain Valley, California, and in that time his church has grown—and shrunk—and finally settled into its mission to be the best small church it can be. He blogs about the ways small churches can be better small churches at NewSmallChurch.com and wrote a book called The Grasshopper Myth (NewSmallChurch.com, 2013) to challenge small church leaders to think bigger by thinking smaller. He spoke with BuildingChurchLeaders.com managing editor Laura Leonard about how small churches can find their niche and become the small church God has called them to be.