A Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor recently tackled the long-debated question of whether megachurches are biblical, pointing out that there are some key non-negotiable principles that every church needs to follow.
“The real question is one of obedience. Does this church look like the church of the New Testament? Are we carrying out what Christ has given us to do? That is non-negotiable, but size is never made a part of the command,” said Hershael York, Victor and Louise Lester professor of Christian Preaching at Southern Seminary.
“We’re not told to get to a certain size and split, nor are we told that a small church is ineffective. We’re told to be faithful, specifically to the Great Commission.”
York insisted that Scripture never makes size a qualification for a good church, and pointed to the history of the first church in Jerusalem, when Jesus talks to the Apostles about church discipline in Matthew 18.
“On the day of Pentecost we know that they are numbered 120 that gather together in the upper room. And then by the end of the day they’ve grown considerably,” he said, noting that “3,000 were…
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