Barna Group research reveals that nearly half of American churchgoers attend a church of 100 or fewer members. And according to Carl George and Warren Bird, 85% of Protestant churches in North America ...

Most churches throughout history and throughout the world have been small. Today more than one billion Christians worship in small congregations. Christianity Today author Karl Vaters has written a ...

What is a great church? For many Americans, great is synonymous with large, volume equals vitality, quantity means quality. But a countertradition is quietly emerging. As more churches grow to stadium ...

Brandon O’Brien, associate editor for Leadership Journal, has written a new book, The Strategically Small Church. In this work, he seeks to demonstrate how small churches are uniquely equipped for ...

After the presidential election, I read a lot about the Republican “brand.” Nearly every living pundit was talking about how the Republicans needed to repair the damage the election had done to it.

A new Lifeway Research Center survey found that small group attendance has been on the decline in recent years. The survey, released last month, found that 44 percent of churchgoers had participated ...

In a recent sermon, Andy Stanley made some comments that are, well, kind of jaw dropping. When I hear adults say, ‘Well I don’t like a big church, I like about 200, I want to be able to know everybody ...

(RNS) — Pastor Jorge García of Gracia y Paz Covenant Church said the church received its first set of offerings this past week since it started to exclusively offer worship services online about four ...

Aaron Griffith, pastor of Pawnee Christian Church, said he's happy when people show up to church. Although about 90 to 110 attend Pawnee Christian's worship each week, Griffith said he's "not ...