Small Church Essentials: Field-Tested Principles for Leading a Healthy Congregation of under 250

Small Church Essentials: Field-Tested Principles for Leading a Healthy Congregation of under 250

<DIV><P><B>Do you lead a small church?  </B></P><P>Big churches get all the love. Articles, books, conferences—they mostly feature leaders of large congregations. Yet big churches are a <I>small part</I> of the ecclesial landscape. In fact, more than 90 percent of churches have fewer than 200 people. That means small churches play a <I>big part </I>in what God is doing. </P><P><I>Small Church Essentials </I>is for leaders of these smaller congregations. It encourages them to steward their role well, debunking myths about small churches while offering principles for leading a dynamic, healthy small church. </P><P>Based on the popular six-hour lecture that Karl Vaters delivers to church leaders across the country, <I>Small Church Essentials </I>will affirm small church leaders and show them how to identify what they do well, and how to do it even better. Readers will: </P><ul><li>Be assured that leading a small congregation does not make them ministry failures</li><li>Come away inspired to lead with passion, regardless the size of their church</li><li>Have field-tested principles for leading a church in their context</li><li>Possess new metrics for biblically measuring vitality in small churches</li><li>Have a toolkit of resources to use in their everyday ministry</li></ul><P>Karl Vaters has been a small church pastor for 30 years, is the author of <I>The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches, and the Small Thinking that Divides Us</I> (2013), and travels extensively to churches and conferences to speak about leading a small church well.</P><P>If you are pastoring a small church, this book will be a breath of fresh air. It will affirm your calling while giving you fresh tools to help you lead. It will help you: </P><ul><li>Stop believing lies about small churches</li><li>Lead your church to fulfill the role only small churches can</li><li>Understand your congregation’s strengths and weaknesses </li><li>Turn around a dying or unhealthy church</li><li>Identify good trends and bad in church and culture</li></ul></DIV>