How Codell Community Church Found Clear Direction and Mobilized Their Congregation
Meet Thayne Sparke, Lead Pastor of Codell Community Church in Codell, Kansas, a town with a TOTAL of 50 people in it.
Practical Leadership Content for Small and Midsize Churches
Real guidance for pastors navigating the challenges of everyday ministry.
Leading a small or midsize church comes with unique pressures. From burnout and soul care to church strategy and team development, our articles and podcast guides address the issues church leaders face every week.
7 Important Reminders for Worship Teams in Small Churches
After serving in many different small churches throughout the years, I can understand the unique difficulties facing a worship leader in a small church.
Want to Host a One-Day Event for Pastors in Your Area?
For the past year, we’ve been hosting one-day events for pastors of small and mid-size churches all across the country.
Learn how you can host one!
5 Guidelines for Pastoral Counseling
These counseling principles come out of my experience in pastoring a small church. My prayer is that they will help you gain time in your week for preparing and planning.
Soak the Beans: How One Church Found a Common Language Through EQ
Here are three lessons we learned about how “soaking the beans” can help a team grow their individual and collective EQ and achieve outstanding results.
“I’m a Pastor Struggling With Porn. What Do I Do?”
Here are 5 crucial action for the pastor struggling with porn to take. Because as we all know, porn use is an ever-growing problem, and it’s one that church leaders are not immune to…
How to Overcome the Opposition to Change
It’s one thing to cast vision. You can build a great team around new ideas and strategies. People will even verbally support you at the beginning. However, once you begin to implement the necessary changes is when your courage as a leader will be challenged.
Join Us on the Journey to Help Small Churches
The reality is that small churches are the backbone of the Church in America. 95% of churches in the U.S. are under 500 in average attendance. And around 87% of churches are under 200 in average attendance.
4 Last-Minute Reminders for Your Easter Service
As Easter quickly approaches and candy collection, chocolate bunnies, and Family Eggstravaganzas fill churches across the country, this can easily become an overwhelming time for church leaders.
Provision for the Vision: An Interview with Bobby Lewis
As we work with small and mid-size churches across the country, we love to share the stories of those we partner with. We recently caught up with Bobby Lewis, Lead Pastor of RiverPoint Church in Pelham, AL, who we sponsored through our grant funds for leadership coaching.
6 Honest Realities of Pastoring a Small Church
What is it like to pastor a small church? Here are 6 honest words the pastors in our network used to describe the role of leading a small church…
When People Disappoint You: A Common Pastoral Dilemma
The natural reaction for a pastor after being burned is to go inward and just do it all ourselves. We may even be convinced that the only way to get things done right is to do them on our own.
