Big church bloomers
To attend a church with hundreds of people in the congregation is a joyous experience which we surely all find very uplifting, especially if the preaching is powerfully biblical and the praise is thunderously heartfelt. There is a wonderful buzz about such places and we thank God for them and their leaders.
John Benton
However, I want to issue a challenge to the big churches, partially on behalf of smaller churches, but partially for their own spiritual health. Could it be that some kinds of large church inadvertently work against bringing individual Christians to maturity and also are contributing to the ongoing decline of Christianity in our country? Here are seven points to consider. I state them starkly to be provocative. All these things could be said of some smaller churches as well, but I suspect the larger congregations are more susceptible.
