Many evangelical churches in this country are small (membership of less than 50). That needn't be a bad thing in itself but unfortunately many of them are not what they should be.
Instead of being a growing, lively, effective fellowship making an impact on the local community, they are dying, isolated, Sunday meetings that their community thought had already closed!
Independent evangelical churches are, in terms of number of churches closed, the third fastest declining group in the UK. Only the Methodists and Presbyterians/URC are closing more. Small churches are obviously the most likely to close unless something is done. Here are ten ways to make a small church work and fulfil its God-given potential.
