**Do you lead a small church?** Big churches get all the love. Articles, books, conferences-they mostly feature leaders of large congregations. Yet big churches are a *small part* of the ecclesial landscape. In fact, more than 90 percent of churches have fewer than 200 people. That means small churches play...
**Do you lead a small church?**
Big churches get all the love. Articles, books, conferences-they mostly feature leaders of large congregations. Yet big churches are a *small part* of the ecclesial landscape. In fact, more than 90 percent of churches have fewer than 200 people. That means small churches play a *big part* in what God is doing in America.
*Small Church Essentials* 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.
Based on the popular six-hour lecture that Karl Vaters delivers to church leaders across the country, *Small Church Essentials* will affirm small church leaders and show them how to identify what they do well, and how to do it even better. Readers will:
* Be assured that leading a small congregation does not make them ministry failures * Come away inspired to lead with passion, regardless the size of their church * Have field-tested principles for leading a church to apply in their context * Possess new metrics for biblically measuring vitality in small churches * Have a toolkit of resources to use in their everyday ministry
Karl Vaters is a small church guru. He's been a small church pastor for 30 years, is the author of *The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches, and the Small Thinking that Divides Us* (2013), and travels extensively to churches and conferences to speak about leading a small church well.
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:
* Stop believing lies about small churches * Lead your church to fulfill the role only small churches can * Understand your congregation's strengths and weaknesses * Turn around a dying or unhealthy church * Identify good trends and bad in church and culture
**Includes a study guide of questions and guidelines to help a ministers' group or church staff start talking about and implementing the book's principles.**
**Do you lead a small church?** Big churches get all the love. Articles, books, conferences-they mostly feature leaders of large congregations. Yet big churches are a *small part* of the ecclesial landscape. In fact, more than 90 percent of churches have fewer than 200 people. That means small churches play...
**Do you lead a small church?**
Big churches get all the love. Articles, books, conferences-they mostly feature leaders of large congregations. Yet big churches are a *small part* of the ecclesial landscape. In fact, more than 90 percent of churches have fewer than 200 people. That means small churches play a *big part* in what God is doing in America.
*Small Church Essentials* 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.
Based on the popular six-hour lecture that Karl Vaters delivers to church leaders across the country, *Small Church Essentials* will affirm small church leaders and show them how to identify what they do well, and how to do it even better. Readers will:
* Be assured that leading a small congregation does not make them ministry failures * Come away inspired to lead with passion, regardless the size of their church * Have field-tested principles for leading a church to apply in their context * Possess new metrics for biblically measuring vitality in small churches * Have a toolkit of resources to use in their everyday ministry
Karl Vaters is a small church guru. He's been a small church pastor for 30 years, is the author of *The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches, and the Small Thinking that Divides Us* (2013), and travels extensively to churches and conferences to speak about leading a small church well.
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:
* Stop believing lies about small churches * Lead your church to fulfill the role only small churches can * Understand your congregation's strengths and weaknesses * Turn around a dying or unhealthy church * Identify good trends and bad in church and culture
**Includes a study guide of questions and guidelines to help a ministers' group or church staff start talking about and implementing the book's principles.**
Small Church Essentials: Field-Tested Principles For Leading a Healthy Congregation of Under 250$24.99
