When we talk about church growth in
the 21st century we are almost exclusively speaking of how many
people attend the local church gathering on a weekly basis, predominately
Sunday morning. Mega churches seem to be
the pinnacle of achievement in the ministry with the idea that larger is better
and larger is the margin by which we measure success. I think we would agree, there is nothing
inherently wrong with a numerically large church. A lot of ministry can be accomplished in the
name of Jesus when a large number of believer’s pool God’s resources and spiritual
gifts. However, is numerical achievement
really the biblical measure of success?
Is a church with 600 attendees on Sunday morning more successful than
the church with 300, or 200, or 100? Is
the mega church paradigm what every pastor and church staff should be reaching
for? Let’s think about it.
