Is Church Growth a Solution Looking for a Problem?

The apostles addressed a broad range of church issues, but no New Testament writer ever told a church to get bigger.

We’ve invested a lot into the art and science of church growth in the last 50 years.

It makes me wonder. After such a massive output of time, energy, research and money, have we become like the proverbial man with a hammer who sees everything as a nail?

Is that why church growth is always the go-to answer for every challenge? Because we can’t afford it not to be?

Has church growth become a solution looking for a problem?

To address this question, let’s look back to the early church. Read More