In Preaching Articles: "Small Church" showing 1-15 of 554

4 Signs Your Church May Not Need Small Groups

By Sermoncentral on Jan 14, 2021

When it comes to small groups, what works for big churches may not work for small churches.

Scripture: Psalm 69:1-25

Tags: Preaching

Five Strategic Advantages Of Small Churches

By Brandon O'brien on Feb 19, 2018

Brandon O'Brien offers five strengths that he believes are inherent in small congregations, which can leverage these characteristics for ministry success.

Tags: Church, Growth, pastor, Church Growth, Health, Small Church, Church General  (view more)  (view less)

Small Does Not Equal Broken: 5 Steps To Greatness In A Small Church

By Sermoncentral on Apr 19, 2021

Where are all the great small churches? Would you know one if you saw one? They exist. There’s no doubt about that. There are great small churches in every country, serving every ethnic group and in virtually every language. They worship in every imaginable liturgical style and they meet in every type of building – including no building at all.

Tags: Perseverance, Determination, Church size, Expectation, big versus small  (view more)  (view less)

Is Your Church Stuck Or Just Small?

By Sermoncentral on Jan 23, 2019

If your church is healthy, quit stressing about getting bigger. God may not be calling you to bigness.

Scripture: Acts 1:1-15

Tags: Growth, Church Growth, Healthy Church, effective, Small Church  (view more)  (view less)

Don't Like Small Churches? Me Neither

By Sermoncentral on May 10, 2016

The problems most people have with small churches aren’t about size, they’re about sickness. And sickness can happen in churches of any size.

Scripture: Genesis 1:15-6:23

Tags: Community, Preaching, Small Church

Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better: 3 Reasons I'm Convinced God Most Often Builds His Church Small

By Chris Surber on Nov 19, 2018

God uses big churches for certain Kingdom jobs, and God uses little churches for specific assignments.

Scripture: Matthew 18:20-21

Tags: Ministry, Community, Kingdom, Small Church, big versus small  (view more)  (view less)

5 Mistakes More Likely To Be Made By Small Churches Than Big Churches

By Karl Vaters on May 2, 2017

Different sizes of churches serve different functions. And they face different challenges.

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-12

Tags: strategy, Small Church, Equipping The Body, Traditions of Men

Only In A Small Church: Sometimes You Gotta Kill Cockroaches

By Karl Vaters on Apr 24, 2017

Principles that make sense in a big church don't always work in a smaller one.

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10 Reasons Small Churches Tend To Stay Small

By Joe Mckeever on Feb 6, 2018

After working for years among hundreds of small congregations, Joe McKeever speaks to the subtle growth barriers that tend to go unnoticed or unaddressed in stagnant churches.

Scripture: John 13:35, Psalm 85:6, Luke 11:1-2

Tags: Church, Outreach, pastor, Church Growth, Health, Fail, Small Church, Church Practices  (view more)  (view less)

3 Tools Small Group Leaders Need To Succeed

By John Gilman Ii on May 9, 2016

Small groups help churches grow because they help strangers become great friends. People stay at churches where they find friends because friendship covers a multitude of sins. Small groups involve us in others’ lives and really invest us in the church. These friendships eventually turn into deep, meaningful connections that can last a lifetime.

Tags: friendship, Small groups, church organization

A Word To The Small Town Pastor

By Ron Edmondson on Jan 4, 2017

Sometimes people don’t know how well they are doing.

Tags: Perspective, Pastors, Small Church, Pastoral Ministry

8 Reasons Why Most Churches Never Break The 200 Attendance Mark

By Carey Nieuwhof on Sep 9, 2016

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.

Tags: leadership, Change, Church Growth, Small Church

6 Things Church Leaders Need To Know About Small Churches

By Sermoncentral on Nov 12, 2016

Ninety percent of the churches on earth are under 200 people. Eighty percent are under 100. There may be no segment of the church that is more normative. But they may also be the most misunderstood.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:21-12, 1 Corinthians 12:25

Tags: christian unity, Church Unity, Megachurch, Small Church

Who Says Bigger Is Better? 3 Reasons I'm Convinced God Works Through Small Churches

By Chris Surber on Oct 1, 2014

"Bigger churches can do things smaller cannot do. And little churches do things much larger churches can never do."

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-24:20, Acts 11:15-18, Genesis 22:1-15

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Smaller Churches Can Do Discipleship—without Wearing Out The Pastor

By Sermoncentral on Jan 2, 2015

After a few hit-and-miss attempts, our church has discovered a simple five-step process that can work for any small church.

Tags: Discipleship, Preaching, Process, Small Church, Limitations  (view more)  (view less)