{"id":1055,"date":"2010-05-27T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2010-05-27T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T14:00:35","slug":"small-church-mega-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/small-church-mega-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Church, Mega Church, No Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Brad Powell’s book, Change Your Church for Good<\/a><\/em>, is actually a revised edition of a 2007 book by the same name. Essentially, it is just another book about how a pastor took a struggling church, made a few tweaks, and it is\u00a0now a thriving mega church. The emphasis is on\u00a0developing leaders and casting vision for the future. It’s a decent book if you’ve never read a book about such things.<\/p>\n

However, as with all such books,\u00a0the strong implication is that\u00a0if you make similar changes, your church can become “mega” too.<\/p>\n

To be frank,\u00a0I’m tired of these kinds of books.\u00a0I am sure Brad Powell is an excellent pastor, a great man, and a fine leader. He’s a fairly decent writer, handsome, and has done quite well in becoming the pastor of a mega church. I wish him continued success.<\/p>\n

But the truth is that for every pastor who changes a struggling church into a mega church, there are a 1000 pastors who do the same things, lead the same way, and try the same changes, but still see their church decline. It’s not just about working harder, or having bigger faith, or pressing\u00a0on until you see the blessing, or choosing leaders carefully, or sharing your life, or being passion ate when nobody else seems to care (all things Powell talks about in his book). Lots of pastors do these things, and their churches still die.<\/p>\n

So what’s the answer?<\/p>\n

Maybe, just maybe….our goal should not be to become a mega church. (Gasp!) Maybe, just maybe, the sign of success is not necessarily a bigger budget, bigger buildings, and more people. (Double gasp!) Maybe, just maybe,\u00a0size has\u00a0nothing to do with church effectiveness, and even if you get more bodies, bucks, and bricks, you still may not have a\u00a0“church.”<\/p>\n

I’m beginning to think that the key to being a church is not getting more people into the church building, but getting more people out. When is someone going\u00a0to write a book called, Close\u00a0Your Church for Good?<\/em>….that’s a book I’d like to read. Maybe I’ll write it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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