Small and missional: thriving as a small church

Small and missional: thriving as a small church

Hear stories, share top tips and connect with people and resources.

By Emma Nash (Mission & Community Engagement Officer)

Date and time

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:30 - 03:30 PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • 1 hour

Each small church has a gift to offer its community; a part to play in God's mission; a future with hope. Sometimes living into this hopeful future will mean joining with another church to share resources. Sometimes it will mean letting go of a cherished building in order to worship in people's homes or in a community centre. Whatever the end result, each small church gets there by starting with its mission: its particular part of God's calling to share the love of Christ with the world.

In this 60-minute Zoom gathering you will hear stories of small churches that have make big steps in discerning God's call and making changes for the sake of mission. You'll also have an opportunity to network with others and to receive input to help you in your own discernment where you are. All members of small churches are welcome, both lay and ordained.

Following feedback from last year's small church webinars, we will be focusing less on merging churches and more on discovering each small church's part in the mission of God.

Organised by

God For All includes a desire for church growth. As Methodists, we want to see more people exploring faith and encountering grace, more people coming to a living faith in Jesus Christ, more people growing in faith and discipleship and more people becoming committed members of Methodist churches. Growth involves great change, and great change requires great leaders.