Church Size Quotes

people say churches are half empty, they're not, they're too big

A church must grow larger and smaller at the same time. Larger through worship and smaller through small groups.

I pastor a very large church in western Australia. We have about - over 2,000 people, which we have a Bible school, community services, a lot of things linked with it. So my life's very full today. Not enough days in the week.

Those who belong to megachurches display as high a level of personal commitment as do those who attend small congregations.

There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame, I don't get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers.

Megachurches. I can't be the only one frightened when our houses of worship sound like they could take on Godzilla.

There are no small churches, just small people.

Small churches become more effective when they specialize in what they do best.

I struggle with trying to be a good pastor of a large church.

I do not like a high-organized church. I think that as soon as the congregation reaches a level of one hundred or so people, it is time to build a new church. As soon as the congregation gets to the point where you are not on fairly intimate terms with every other person in that church, then you have become a theater where people can attend services. I do not think you can attend a church service. Service is not something which is there to be viewed as if it were a play or a movie.

My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.