The Dilemma small church vs big church

Here is a nice mid week article to help you think about "what you are doing?" this week.. and where your ministry obligations/accountability come into play.  

For Open Door on Sunday... We will continue talking about church with the same leading questions from last week...   what are you doing?  Then add in: what do you expect others to do? And what do you do when others "do" ?

I read the linked article just now... and I'm thinking.... Maybe the supposed future is a series of "small churches", one might even call them life communities... intertwined and active within the construct of larger assisting fellowship organizations, or even traditional churches... Maybe the "small churches" of our future are already here in our traditional church model, and just need to be engaged and activated/empowered in their own missions... 


Questions: What changes if we think about HRBC as an association of 15-20 small churches all working together for a common cause of "kingdom work".. What is our mission then? Would we do things differently, meet on different schedules, etc... 


I'm just sayin... We need to think and then ACT...

SUGGESTIONS for some things TO DO...
-- "be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." 
-- Use two gifts.. Speak and Serve... It is really that simple, but it sure isn't easy...

Small Churches are the Next Big Thing -- http://www.outofur.com/archives/2010/05/small_churches.html

PERHAPS We should also be... 

• "Celebrating small churches because they are better positioned to reach people at the margins, better equipped to empower the laity for the work of ministry, and more inclined to cooperate, rather than compete, in ministry"
• Recognizing the value of the existing "big church" institutional ministry assets.. people, patterns, facilities, brand, systems of action...
• Bridging the gap between the two to come together and do Kingdom work.. one person at a time..