One size doesn’t fit all

One of Mark Driscoll’s legacies three years ago was a document originating from Tim Keller about the dynamics of church size. The document is available here. Driscoll told of his own experience in a descriptive sense in his ‘Confessions of a Reformission Rev’. Keller’s document attempts to crystallise more generic principles.

In this vein is Gary McIntosh’s ‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All’. Told in the fable style of a pastor from a large church background who finds himself struggling at the helm of a small church, McIntosh gradually builds up a grid of how different factors vary with each church size. Keller’s paper aimed to identify varying dynamics. McIntosh’s book goes to the next stage – thinking about how to lead and manage a church differently to facilitate growth to the next level.

It is not a book that sets out to determine a comprehensive theological foundation for its material. And that said, I felt uncomfortable about its theology assumptions at only a few points. It wasn’t at all difficult to filter its principles through a rigorous theological grid where the Word of God was the foundation of our church meetings. To read more, click here.