Small Church Essentials with Karl Vaters

Podcast Episode #425

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Karl Vaters joins us once again to talk about how small churches should focus on growing healthier—not necessarily larger.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

• With churches, bigger is not always equal to healthier, and we need to focus more on health than size.
• Church health should be measured in three big buckets: fulfilling the Great Commandment, fulfilling the Great Commandment, and equipping the saints to do the work of ministry.
• Church health is not the means to an end. It is the goal itself.
• Pastors of small churches are just as valuable in the Kingdom of God as those who pastor large churches.

About Karl Vaters:

Karl’s heart is to help pastors of small churches (up to 90% of churches) find the resources to pastor their current church well, and to capitalize on the unique advantages that come with pastoring a small church – something virtually every pastor will spend at least some of their ministry years doing. He also believes that big and small churches can and should work together more often – to the benefit of each. Karl has been in pastoral ministry for over 30 years. He is the teaching pastor of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, a healthy small church in Orange County, California, where he has ministered for over 25 years.

About Small Church Essentials:

Big churches get all the love. Articles, books, conferences—they mostly feature leaders of large…