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You May Be a Small Church Pastor and Not Even Know It
Ninety percent of pastors are small church pastors. We need to acknowledge that if we ever hope to do it well. (Take this short quiz to know for sure.)
You May Be a Small Church Pastor and Not Even Know It

Are you a small church pastor?

Seems like an easy question, right? But it doesn’t have an easy answer.

Many small church pastors don’t know they’re small church pastors. I’ll tell you why in a minute.

But first, here’s a short quiz you ...

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Delegating Tasks In the Small Church: Two Options and Six Lessons
When there's little help available, we can either do fewer activities or train more disciples. Here are six ways I learned to do both.
Delegating Tasks In the Small Church: Two Options and Six Lessons

“Delegate, pastor. Delegate.”

I’ve heard that wise advice hundreds of times. Literally hundreds.

During the first few years pastoring my current church, one of my deacons, named Ron Cook, said it to me constantly. Whenever he caught me doing something ...

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I Don’t Want Churches To Be Small; I Want Small Churches To Be Great
There are three truths we must acknowledge if we want small churches to be great
I Don’t Want Churches To Be Small; I Want Small Churches To Be Great

“Why do you want churches to be small?” I hear that question a lot.

My answer? I don’t want churches to be small.

Wanting churches to be small is like wanting Hawaii to be sunny, or vegetables to be nutritious. We don’t need to want it. That’s ...

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9 Essential Elements of a Healthy Small Church Experience
Small churches should have a baseline of quality that people can rely on
9 Essential Elements of a Healthy Small Church Experience

When someone goes to a healthy small church for the first time, what should they expect?

That's an easier question to answer for big churches, because they have a lot more in common with each other. Once any group – church or not – is serving 1,000 or more ...

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