This is awesome. "Small and effective is much better than large and ineffective." "Men who are most concerned about the world right in front of them, the people right in front of them."
Great thoughts here. The church I pastor is on the way out of the EPC. Most of our elders feel that affiliation with a large national denomination would be more a distraction than a help at this point in our lifecycle.
Which in many ways is making a case for independent local churches. But those must fit in, somehow, with a wider organisation because, in my experience anyway, totally independent churches give rise to personality cults, bullying and an overall lack of accountability. What the solution is, I'm not sure.
This is awesome. "Small and effective is much better than large and ineffective." "Men who are most concerned about the world right in front of them, the people right in front of them."
Great thoughts here. The church I pastor is on the way out of the EPC. Most of our elders feel that affiliation with a large national denomination would be more a distraction than a help at this point in our lifecycle.
Which in many ways is making a case for independent local churches. But those must fit in, somehow, with a wider organisation because, in my experience anyway, totally independent churches give rise to personality cults, bullying and an overall lack of accountability. What the solution is, I'm not sure.