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In Praise of Small Churches
By Carl Ellis June 5, Annie, who is eight going on nine, and Maria, who is ten, attend Sunday School and worship at the small membership church I serve. They read scripture, lead prayers, lead the responsive reading, and light candles with other children in the church.
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On any given Sunday, they can be heard By Carl Ellis March 16, Some rural churches in the United States face a gloomy future when they try to rely on full-time clergy to fill their pulpit. In many cases, even yoking with other churches will not provide enough income to support full time pastoral leadership.
Small membership churches wanting to move beyond survival By Carl Ellis February 16, YES, the news reminds us that we are a divided nation, Facebook reminds us of the deep-seated anger in our world, and our conversations with church members and community reminds us that people are frustrated.
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When we, who live in small rural communities and attend small membership churches, allow anger and frustration to control our lives, we fail to live out our call to be disciples and make disciples. By Carl Ellis January 26, John Wesley, who planted the seed that became the Methodist Church and Francis Asbury the first Bishop and ultimate circuit rider, share two important models for training laity moving into ministry.
By Carl Ellis December 8, We all have to decide what God is calling us to do.
And sometimes we forget and are not clear about what God called the disciples and Christians to do. Last week, someone suggested pastors and the church are like those who sell insurance, only we sell "Heaven Insurance.
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