{"id":22008,"date":"1996-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1996-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/1996\/10\/01\/large-ministry-in-small-package\/"},"modified":"1996-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1996-10-01T00:00:00","slug":"large-ministry-in-small-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/large-ministry-in-small-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Ministry in a Small Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<strong>W<\/strong>ell, it finally happened. It was 6:45\nP.M., and still no youth had come. I should have known it\nwould inevitably happen; attendance had been so low lately. But it was still\nterrible to have absolutely no one show up. Looking at the empty room, I\ngathered the games, Bibles, and assorted things and trudged to my car, locking\nthe doors behind me. The hollowness of the door slamming shut is most piercing\nwhen no one has been there at all.<\/p>\n\n<p>\n<em>How did this happen? What did I do? What did I not do? Maybe it is me.\nAm I too committed? Not committed enough? Maybe I misread God&#8217;s will. Arrgh!\nNow what? What am I going to say to the pastor tomorrow? Maybe I&#8217;ll just\ngo and resign tonight!<\/em> I drove away, hoping none of the congregation\nwould pass the empty church.<\/p>\n\n<p>\nEveryone in ministry has had things go belly up. But when you work in a small\nchurch, the chances of this happening are even greater. However, this does\nnot mean there is no hope for meaningful ministry in small churches. In fact,\nsmaller groups have a greater chance of making a significant impact on lives.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-article-subhead1\">The strength in small<\/h2><p>\nI recently went to a workshop designed for youth leaders in Southern California.\nI imagined myself to be unique because I had a small group. You can understand\nmy surprise when, in a room of seventy-five leaders of youth groups, only\nabout six had groups with twenty or more regularly attending.<\/p>\n\n<p>\nPerhaps we feel that being small is a sign of failure. Yet Christ spent the\nmajority of his time with twelve regulars. In many instances, there were\nonly three!<\/p>\n\n<p>\nIn you define success in terms of changing lives, of youth finding purpose\nin life and in having a relationship with God in Christ, then you have a\nmarvelous chance for success in a small youth group. After many months of\nmy seemingly ineffective work, one teenager showed up at my door to talk.\nShe wanted to know if God <em>really<\/em> forgave people of everything. That\nwas the beginning of a new life for her in Christ.<\/p>\n\n<p>\nThe youth who call at dinner time are really saying, &#8220;I trust you, I like\nyou, and you are approachable.&#8221; If they want to play basketball or tell about\nthe latest love of their life or hang around and make a nuisance of themselves,\nthese are tangible signs of success. These things are not found in statistics.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-article-subhead1\">The snag in small<\/h2><p>\nThe pitfalls of a small group are usually in two categories&mdash;ones you can\ndo something about and ones you cannot.<\/p>\n\n<p>\nContrary to popular belief, several things cannot be changed&mdash;church location,\nweather, illness, vacations, and school activities.<\/p>\n\n<p>\nHowever, some snags you can deal with. The biggest is negative attitudes.\nHow many times have you found yourself thinking, <em>if only they would do\nthis or that, or if only they would be more committed? <\/em>The youth need\nmore than anything else to know that it is okay for them to be a part of\na small group and that they have not, in some terrible way, disappointed\nyou, their leader.<\/p>\n\n<p>\nWhen only three youth showed up for a meeting that needed at least six youth,\nmy first thought was, <em>Let&#8217;s just call it off tonight and try again next\nweek<\/em>. Instead (by the grace of God), we went to a nearby restaurant and\nhad a good discussion about what was going on in their lives.<\/p>\n\n<p>\nAs I look back on groups I have served, I realize I&#8217;ve gotten to know all\nof the youth and have kept in communication with most. One has spent time\nin short-term mission work; one is happily married; one became a state wrestling\nchamp and is still active in the church; one is now a youth sponsor. In small\ngroups lives can be challenged and changed in Christ. After all is said and\ndone, that is what ministry is all about.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-article-bio\">Patricia Duckworth is an American Baptist pastor living\nin Great Falls, Montana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"is-style-article-copyright\">1996 by Christianity Today\/LEADERSHIP, journal.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it finally happened. It was 6:45 P.M., and still no youth had come. I should have known it would inevitably happen; attendance had been so low lately. But it was still terrible to have absolutely no one show up. 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