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.
Small Church Essentials: Field-Tested Principles for Leading a Healthy Congregation of under 250 by Karl Vaters 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.
Karl Vaters has been a small church pastor for 30 years, is the author of The Grasshopper 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. Read more about Karl Vaters here.
If you are pastoring a small church, Small Church Essentials will be a breath of fresh air. It will affirm your calling while giving you fresh tools to help you lead.
Small Church Essentials by Karl Vaters is available for purchase on goodreads.com.
This review was originally published on goodreads.com.
