For the past 20 years or so church “progress” and “success” has been measured by a single factor – size. Now, there is a new trend – it isn’t about size, it is about reach. This is good news. I have cringed at story after story of mega churches spending $100 million or more on mega sanctuaries and campusesd that seem to isolate churches from the community around them. I am not saying that they do no good, far from it. I am just saying that perhaps the fixation on growth and size have stood in the way of greater good and that perhaps a change in the measuring stick for success will help Christ’s church to grow stronger. Find more about it here.

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