Compliments to the Editor on his commentary (en June). The desire to be a celebrity
leader seems to require charge of a large and/or
growing church, for then will come the invitations to speak at conferences or write books.
The consequences of this for small congregations
in villages neighbouring
‘fashionable
towns’ can be disastrous as potential members
of these small churches are not merely drawn
to the big church, but actively recruited. At the
same time there
is a concentration
in the
‘growing church’ of gifted individuals who are
underused where they are, and may be discouraged from helping the small congregation
where they could be so valuable.
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