Supporting one another is important, but if that is primarily what you do, then your congregation will decline. For a congregation to be alive, vital, and growing, it must have a sense that it exists to serve as well.

Small congregations are trying to do too much. They are struggling to put together a quality meaningful worship service and a Children’s Faith Development Program every Sunday. Let’s try something different.

Don’t try to do everything! Instead, figure out what your congregation does well, and do it, and do more of it!

If you’re listening to this CD, chances are you think your congregation is small. But not all small congregations are alike. These differences are not just about numbers. They’re about attitude, and group behaviors, and organizational structure. It helps to know how your congregation does...

We need to think beyond increasing the membership rolls and focus more on developing what the workshop leaders called an “outward orientation.”

Collecting and analyzing data is important as a feedback loop. Here are some tools to help.