Humans love to count. But is that always the way for God's Kin-dom?
'Nickels and noses', or the metrics of offerings and average Sunday attendance, are only two simple measures for vitality and flourishing. Small congregations also exhibit signs of 'growth' but in different ways than numbers.
Author and consultant, Karl Vaters writes, "Any definition of church growth that doesn’t allow for, even celebrate, churches that contribute in non-numerical ways is incomplete."
Read his article, Do We Need A Broader Definition Of Church Growth?