{"product_id":"small-church-essentials-field-tested-principles-for-leading-a-healthy-congregation-of-under-250-493181","title":"Small Church Essentials: Field-Tested Principles For Leading a Healthy Congregation of Under 250","description":"**Do you lead a small church?** \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * Be assured that leading a small congregation does not make them ministry failures\u003cbr\u003e* Come away inspired to lead with passion, regardless the size of their church\u003cbr\u003e* Have field-tested principles for leading a church to apply in their context\u003cbr\u003e* Possess new metrics for biblically measuring vitality in small churches\u003cbr\u003e* Have a toolkit of resources to use in their everyday ministry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * Stop believing lies about small churches\u003cbr\u003e* Lead your church to fulfill the role only small churches can\u003cbr\u003e* Understand your congregation's strengths and weaknesses\u003cbr\u003e* Turn around a dying or unhealthy church\u003cbr\u003e* Identify good trends and bad in church and culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e **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.**","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51565018939679,"sku":"9780802418067","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9780802418067_1358127.jpg?v=1769215979","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/products\/small-church-essentials-field-tested-principles-for-leading-a-healthy-congregation-of-under-250-493181","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}