Ministry is small; not mega

A new book Beyond Megachurch Myths is being hyped by the Christian Post,

Megachurches together have the same number of attendees at weekly services (roughly 4.5 million) as the smallest 35 percent of churches in the country, wrote Scott Thumma and Dave Travis in Beyond Megachurch Myths.

There is nothing really new to report here; but I just wanted to to encourage those of you who engage in weekly ministry.  This discussion is frankly inside baseball. It has little to do with actual ministry because whether you serve in a megachurch or a small rural church or in a rented basement; ministry is small.

Ministry is about small details. Remembering to follow through and keeping commitments. It is about genuinely caring and serving. If you serve in a church of 3,000 you still deal with small groups of people. So every one who works in the trenches of weekly ministry is in the same boat.

Take away

The big take away here is never think it is easier for people serving in big churches. And those in big churches remember that ministry is small. Successes are small. Successes are incremental. Focus on the people you serve, do it well for the glory of God.