What is it about small christian churches that seems to make them nearly opposed to church growth? In numerous cases these small christian churches are small since they wish to be. This may not be such a bad thing though.
In a small church you have a better chance of discipleship that you would not have in a larger church. Since of that one reality alone numerous small churches do not wish to develop. The real reason some do not need to though comes from something else.
Small church growth would mean a loss of the close friendship enjoyed in most smaller churches. This is true just in part though. Smaller churches that grow into larger ones require not loose out on their friendship.
One way that larger christian churches have kept a strong fellowship in place is through the use of small groups. These are like mini churches within the larger one. It gives people a chance to get involved in each others lives when you visit them in their home for bible studies.
If a church wishes to develop there are also other options. When you think of church growth you would normally think of gaining giant numbers of people into one building. This is not the real case though because the church is a fluid hypothesis. It is not contained in any one place.
A small church could send out missionaries to start other churches. This will grow the real church while keeping the local church somewhat small enough to have a sturdy discipleship. The church may have members nationwide.
Whatever the case for a lack of small church growth one thing is clear. Without an active outreach a church will eventually close its doors. This is because older members die off and younger ones move away. You want a steady stream of people even if it is only a trickle.
Smaller christian churches can use easy outreach ideas such as door to door surveys and other almost free things. There is a great host of things these churches may do. The dilemma is getting them to do it. While some say they want to do evangelism a great numerous do not.
So how do you get your small christian church to at least keep its doors open with people like that? The fact is you can not. What you could do though is encourage every visitor to become a member and slowly change the makeup of the church.
These new visitors will bring their own ideas and over time you could see a change in the views of your church toward evangelism and growth. Since a healthy church is one that is ever evolving you should be happy to know that this is a sign of health.
Church growth will not happen over night. Like already mentioned you should determine if growth is something your church really wants. It is always a good thought not to fight a crowd of people.
Your small church growth does not have to stop with simply numbers in your building though. You can even consider using technology such as television to bring the church to the shut in. This will also grow your church without adding numbers into a building.
![[Valid RSS feed]](http://www.look4articles.com/images/icon_Rss.png "XML Feed For RSS"){kind=icon}
Category Rss Feed
Print This Article
Add To Favorites
![[Valid RSS feed]](http://www.look4articles.com/images/rss.jpg "XML Feed For RSS")