8 Elements of a Healthy Small Church

What does a healthy Small Church look like? It looks like a healthy big church – in all the ways that matter, anyway.

No, a healthy Small Church is not just a miniaturized version of a healthy big church. Pastors who try to do that are usually concentrating on the externals. And it never works out well when we do that.

But underneath, every healthy church looks the same – no matter what size it is, what style of worship it utilizes or what denomination it does (or doesn’t) belong to. The principles that make big churches healthy are the ones that make Small Churches healthy. And the same missteps can kill that health, too.

So the elements of a healthy Small Church are the elements of every healthy church. But what exactly are those elements? Read more