There’s a produce manager, and people who only stock shelves. Which is fine if you’re Mom and Pop and don’t want to grow.īut you can’t run a supermarket that way. Mom and Pop do everything, and they organize their business to stay small. Want to see the Director of Marketing? He’s at the cash register. In a corner store, Mom and Pop run everything, Want to talk to the CEO? She’s stocking shelves. There’s a world of difference between how you organize a corner store and how you organize a larger supermarket. They organize, behave, lead and manage like a small organization. You know why most churches still don’t push past the 200 mark in attendance? Let’s just assume you have a solid mission, theology and heart to reach people. Growth can start in the most unlikely places. Some of the people in smaller churches love people as authentically as anyone I know.įacility. Many small church leaders are incredibly faithful in prayer. Most leaders I know want their church to reach more people.Ī lack of prayer. So why is it that most churches never break the 200 attendance mark?ĭesire. Every single day, I want our church to become more effective in reaching one more person with the hope that’s in Christ. I just know that almost every small church leader I speak to wants his or her church to grow. Please understand, there’s nothing wrong with being a small church. 60% of Protestant churches have less than 100 adults in attendance.
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The Barna group pegs the average Protestant church size in America at 89 adults. While social media and even traditional media are still preoccupied with mega churches and multi-site churches, the reality is that most churches in North America are quite small. In the meantime, enjoy this original post. This is one of my most-read posts of all time.