Introduction Good people

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Welcome to this new blog: Growing the small church. I hope through my trials and errors we are able to grow small churches. Mega churches are awesome but they can’t be on every corner nor can they affect every neighborhood in how they need support. Despite how the trends look, there is a place for small churches in the world. In this bleak moment where Covid-19 has made gathering difficult mega churches small churches have the opportunity to fill a void. My family sized church (50 members or less) falls under the criteria for gathering, we’re in Michigan one of the strictest states with Covid restrictions so being able to have service is a great thing. Depending where you live and worship things may differ but soon people will want more than a streamed service (shot out to the churches mastering Facebook live and paying for other streaming services) and when that happens we have to be ready to support our communities and people of God.

Needless to say I hope to help everyone accomplish this goal. The number 1 goal of this blog is to build a community share ideas and fail fast and fail purposely. I hope to help us get past the small churches can’t do mentality many have. We will look for innovative and cost effective ways to do ministry for a new generation. We will also look at why big churches succeed at certain things small churches typically under deliver and how we can use our size to our advantage.

Overall this tribe is out here not only for our survival but to help us prevail and spread God’s love to the people who need it. We also look to do it together and take the burden of creating a great work off the shoulders of a select few and create a movement. With hard work and painstakingly thorough plans we will build a one stop resource that can be shared to help many do great work.

Well good people here’s the formal introduction to what this blog is about. Be a blessing to others, stay prayed up, and be on the lookout for daily content.

Later Dayz,

J 

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