Weekly Tea

Big Church–Little Church

The size of a church is not always determined by its numbers. Large numbers do not necessarily make a large church, just as small numbers don’t necessarily make a small church.

• Any church is small when it loses its vision for evangelism. That holds true for evangelizing the unsaved in other places, too. The challenge Christ gave us includes taking the Gospel to our own community as well as to other parts of the world. It’s a big church, regardless of the numbers, that seeks to reach the lost!

• Any church is small whose members think little of church attendance, prayer, service, or giving. If the attitude is, “How little can I do and still get by?” that church is little. It’s a big church, regardless of its numbers, that thinks in terms of giving its best.

• Any church is small if it doesn’t challenge its young people with full-time Christian service. It’s a small church if the mothers and fathers have to apologize when their children consider the ministry. It’s a big church that sends its best into the service of the King.

• Any church is small where giving is measured by minimums and not maximums. The church is not what it is costing; it’s what the church is doing! It’s a small church that gives grudgingly. It’s a big church, regardless of numbers, that gives of its means with joy.

Any church, regardless of its size, can become large. Any church, regardless of its size, can become small!