Toolbox For Faith

Comments from Dr. Kennon Callahan about growing happiness through God’s grace. He shared this yesterday at the Seminar for Key Leaders at Callaway Gardens.

The structure described in the constitutions of most mainline denominations is designed for middle sized churches. This structure won’t work for small strong churches, large regional churches, or mega churches. Long ago, most denominations pushed all their chips into middle size. Unfortunately, middle sizes churches are going away. They are too big to deliver the intimacy of a small, strong congregation and they are too small to deliver the programs of a large, regional or mega church.

How do you define a middle sized congregation. Middle sized churches are about the context. In Atlanta, 250 in worship makes you a small, strong congregation. If you worship 250 in South Dakota, you are a large regional, perhaps mega church.