Big, disruptive churches

Posted by Paul | Filed under uncategorised

While thinking through the last post, I had a slight revelation about big churches. To be honest I had never quite got the point of having large numbers. Of course, large numbers implies lots of Christians, but for me a lot of small churches often looks preferable. (Maybe this is because I am an introvert and worry that I’ll never get to know anyone again…)

But it stuck me — if we have big churches, then we can do things we couldn’t do otherwise. For instance, if we have a big church then we can marshall enough capital to provide interest-free loans for those in debt. If we are to act as the agents of new creation, then the possibilities open up when we combine. Small churches, with limited connections, have restrictions on what they can do.

So… I’m almost sold on the idea ;-)

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Permalink | July 1st, 2007

One Response to “Big, disruptive churches”

  1. jonnyjpg Says:
    jonnyjpg July 13th, 2007 at 1:39 pm

    there’s always the “meta-church” idea – lots of house churches in network – working together

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