The Differences, Challenges And Opportunity Of Megachurch Ministry And What A Small Church Can Learn From The Megachurch

That can be done in numerous ways, but the more people who participate in the process, the more the congregation can own it, and the more unity there will be in its fulfillment . The Lord tells us in 1 Corinthians 3:9 that (paraphrasing) God has basically said that His work and His way can best be accomplished when we become co laborers together with Him. My personal philosophy of ministry builds a church through unity of heart, mind, and spirit between the Pastors, his/her staff, the lay leaders, and laity of the church who all work together to disciple believers, grow in relationship with Christ, worship, and reach the lost to build God’s kingdom. Westing states, “The church is central to God’s redemptive plan. This is the institution that has extended the meaning of Christ’s life into the world today”(Pg.

I currently attend and work at a church with 2000+ regular attendees. We currently have over 40 small groups that meet on a weekly basis. Small groups are at the core of what we do. Beginning at age 3, we believe that the small group is THE place to grow more like Jesus and practice the “one anothers” with one another.

What do trends indicate about the future of Black Rural Churches? (Chapter 5) Trends indicate this about the future of Black Rural Churches. It has gradually but noticeable reverse migration among black people to the South and the sunshine states of the Southwest. The primary reasons are the search for jobs and the continued industrialization of the South. Extended family ties provide another motivation to move. Most black people in the North have relatives in southern states, and many of them still consider the south as home. However, the reverse migration will not match the previous out-migrations, it will most likely increase the black population base of the South and provide a potential constituency for some rural churches. Finally, the growing class split in the black community are increasing (Lincoln, C. Eric, and Lawrence H. Mamiya

Galindo analyzes that the fundamental “mission” of a congregation is the same as any other congregation that exists in any part of the world. He argues that though every congregation has a mission and a vision, at the same time, it shares a basic common mission. (43) This reminds me of my home church The First Church of Evanston and my Field Site, The Evanston Vineyard Church. Both churches have a common mission of welcoming people to the church, irrespective of their ethnic, cultural, racial, and economic and, gender backgrounds. The mission is to help people be received in the house of God with due and deserved Christian love so that they feel loved and welcomed. Both these churches encourage church attendees to attend the service and receive the Eucharist.

Victory Baptist Church is a case study of revitalization. It serves to show that it is possible that younger churches can become complacent very quickly when they experience growth at such an awesome rate. Victory Baptist Church seems to have a promising future in sight. One of the main goals of the associate pastor is to keep a sense of urgency and change occurring. Most of all, he know that this work cannot be done without the help of the Holy

c. Briefly describe what they look like. Evangelism consist of Hope for the World ministry to engage the world with the gospel.

This book seeks to encourage the declining and stagnate churches to take the example set by other churches that have had a period of decline yet have managed to pull up their socks and regained their lost growth. Stetzer and Dodson call this book the “comeback Churches’ to give the readers

The author discovered four major factors that church growth in the North American Division tremendously. First factor is empowering servant leadership. In this section, the leaders work hard and they are willing to make sacrifice in the purpose to see a growing church. The second one is passionate and authentic spirituality they believe that it is spirituality that is the source of passion of passion and power behind their effectiveness. The third point is about how their members are committed to get involved in different activity. Some churches they not growing because they expect their pastors to do all the duties of the church. The fourth factor about a growing church is God exalting worship. Worship is one of key factor for church growth.

Our church does not like to keep a mega church with over a couple of thousand members. We would rather let other leaders to plant a new church as one of branch or sister churches. We encourage our other associate leaders to plant a new church before reaching to

Throughout North America “regular worshippers” are attending less frequently. So it’s harder to gauge when a member is “at-risk” or a member is “at-the-lake” or “at-youth-sports.”

Megachurch Discussion The sources I chose to review the pros and cons of a megachurch were in agreement about the many services provided to meet the needs of the congregation as well as the surrounding community. They also were in agreement that the megachurches had many ministries in the church which presented more opportunities to serve. As far as the con of megachurches, the fact that individuals could feel left out amid the large numbers. It would be easy for someone to go unnoticed and not receive a phone call or a welcome from the church.

When the bigger names and churches receive attention, there is an emotional, theological, and personal impact on the small church pastor. Emotionally, there should be joy seeing another succeed. If somebody in the same denominational is being successful, it makes sense to be happy for them since they are being successful in presenting a similar message. However, it may be saddening because the small church pastor is attempting to do the same thing, but is failing. Theologically, similarly to emotionally, a small church pastor should be happy because it appears that the masses are hearing their message. A pastor is concerned about having the message preached, and if someone is doing that, he should be joyful about it. However, he may feel called

A sentiment common to almost any organization is that the one fact that remains constant is change. As society changes, and human understanding grows, any organization that maintains a static posture, assures its demise. Churches and Christian organizations are no exception. The gospel may remain the same, but the method for communicating it must speak to the audience to assure understanding. The Christian leader must be prepared to meet this challenge by incorporating an effective model for change into his theology of leadership in order to keep the ministry relevant and effective. Searching for such a change agent can prove to be challenging as well. To aid in this search, four

I pastor a church in a rural town with the population less than 2,500. When you think of being a pastor, you have a big vision. You want the church that is large, great youth ministry, and people coming to faith in Christ each service. However, most pastors do not encounter this reality, and it can be damaging to have such a vision. My vision for the church and my ministry is

If our vertical relationship is not maintained and kept healthy then it only points to one major problem and that is we are out of fellowship with God. Jesus knew that people could see the difference whether people were sincere or not. That’s why he stressed the importance of a right relationship with God so that when we do good works or witness people will know we are sincere. Wheeler and Whaley write; “Our daily actions toward all people, believers and non-believer should reflect a commitment to life style worship evangelism.” The size of our churches and budgets due not matter in winning souls for Christ. We must understand that if people know that we love God and love them we then can have a great opportunity to share the gospel. The authors write; “worship and witness are best demonstrated in how we react to, reach out to, treat, manage, talk with and pray for people.”