Comments on: Both Have Reach

By: RASTAGIRL

RASTAGIRL — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:12:00 +0000

I believe church has All and NOTHING 2 do with your relationship with the lord…y should anybody tell me how 2 b?…the lord lives in all…does a pastor have a better relationship with God then you do…OF COURSE NOT…we make our relationship with the lord…He has give us all 2 HEAR, SEE, FEEL…but not for temptentions of the world..but for I TO KNOW THE TRUTH and not b blinded but what I SEE..All I KNOW IS THE LION OF JUDAH…AFRICA IS WELL IT ALL BEGAN….

By: johnny

johnny — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:58:00 +0000

Its not how big the church…..Its how many people are being saved……And by being saved I mean baptized in the name of Jesus Christ…

By: @sadlierka

@sadlierka — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:23:08 +0000

When I am downtown, I see them coming together and having meals 3x a month on Sundays for free and helping each other out if someone else is struggling with money or job or anything. Sometimes I feel I don't deserve it because I am not living there or I have plenty of food at home, but when I get in that funk, that may as well be me saying I don't deserve God's gift of grace. So the people in the inner city are a serious gift from God.

By: @sadlierka

@sadlierka — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:22:50 +0000

I've gone to big churches and small churches my entire life. However the past 6 years its mainly been big churches and they've been great. I've grown alot through them. I've been very active the church and gotten to know people through that and make a church family. However, in the past few months, God put it on my heart to volunteer in the inner city with a church that is much smaller than what I've been going to and my view has changed dramatically. I still care about my church family at my big church but the new view that I have is that in a bigger church sometimes we make plans to go out to eat or do something that costs money and being in the economic times, we don't necessarily consider those that have less, even ourselves who are going through job loss.

By: jackalopekid

jackalopekid — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:33:06 +0000

awesome stuff there

By: jackalopekid

jackalopekid — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:32:38 +0000

amen

By: jackalopekid

jackalopekid — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:32:18 +0000

wow thats just awesome

By: Blessedwithgrace

Blessedwithgrace — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:10:12 +0000

I grew up in a BIG church. Granted it was not a stadium sized church. But, the largest in our city. It did not seem big to me, at the time. It was what I knew. Since my family was so active in the church, we knew many people. Not strangers, just a large sense of community with many opportunities for ministry, missions, study, etc.
Now, as an adult, I have moved away, married and found a new church home. It was be considered small to many people. We love it. We are active in this church, and feel real sense of family. There are new faces joining, and our small church is growing, each week. That is exciting, to meet the new people.
I think both size churches are good. The main thing…. the WORD OF GOD is proclaimed and preached. Also, you have to get involved, in the church. Then you will feel a sense of community and family, no matter the size of the church.

By: paul merrill

paul merrill — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:09:22 +0000

Great point! God uses all kinds of vessels to glorify Himself.

By: Coenraad

Coenraad — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:01:04 +0000

Our church is probably a bit of both. Our campuses have buildings that can't seat more than 1200 people at a time, but on the flip side, we have 18 campuses around the world, and we are growing at an amazing pace. So we have the good structure of big churches, as well as the resources, but we focus on the community aspect of the small church at each campus, which is the main thing that pulled me to the church in the first place.