Small Is Big by Tom & Felicity Dale and George Barna

Small Is Big by Tom & Felicity Dale and George Barna

Small Is Big looks at the impact of intentionally small churches.  What the initial book isn't overly clear about is that an intentionally small church is a house church.  Rather than being a book about how small congregations in traditional churches can make an impact, the book focuses on house churches and how they can impact America and the world.

In their book, the authors look at what makes a house church work.  It can;t just be a smaller packaging on what most of Western culture has come to view as "church".  This is a great exercise as they take the reader through the biblical principles and ideas behind all participating together.  They look at the growing pains, pitfalls, and the "death valley" of founding a house church.  Most importantly, the need for God's grace and the Holy Spirit's wisdom are stressed above all else.

I did like this book.  It gave me a lot to think about as to how to get others involved in a "new" yet "old" concept.  My only complaint is a seemingly unintentional mismarketing of the book.  It was not clearly aware the focus would be house churches.  Maybe that was intentional to get past people's defenses.  Maybe it was God driven.  Either way, I'd give the book 4 out of 5.

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