Being small often means not being taken seriously, as being somehow vulnerable and less able to take care of one self. Thieves, liars, and scum think that being few in number makes a church desperate, less mature, and easier to take advantage of.
A couple of older folks have been attending on a regular bases but not every week but often enough that they began to feel like one of us. They said that they have been pulled between joining our church or the one at which the ladies son-in-law preaches. Last week the couple announced that their intentions were to attend only One Way and join with us.
During the week they asked the church to give them $500.00 to catch up since they made a mistake in balancing their checkbook. When they were informed that funds were not available to help them, they promptly withdrew their pledge to attend the church and vowed their allegiance elsewhere.
Large churches have their fair share of people wants charity and many people not only believe the church should provide but is duty bound to help. That is not the calling of a church. A church is a group of like-minded believers that meet on a regular bases for knowledge and encouragement so they may carry out their Great Commission. Churches are not social clubs nor are they charitable institutions.
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