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	Small Church Essentials: Field-Tested Principles for Leading a Healthy Congregation of under 250 4.38 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches and the Small Thinking that Divides Us 4.29 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De-sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next 4.30 avg rating — 84 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Days to a Healthier Church: A Step-By-Step Guide for Pastors and Leadership Teams 4.02 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Church Recovery Guide: How Your Congregation Can Adapt and Thrive after a Crisis 4.26 avg rating — 35 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small Church, Excellent Ministry: A Guidebook for Pastors by Jeffrey C. Farmer, Karl Vaters (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Frank Page (Preface) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Days to a Healthier Church: A Step-by-Step Guide for Pastors and Leadership Teams by Karl Vaters (Goodreads Author), Jason Leikam (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kleine Gemeinde - große Wirkung: Raus aus der Wachstumsfalle by Karl Vaters (Goodreads Author), Jokim Schnöbbe (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Heuschrecken-Mythos: Warum kleine Gemeinden nicht zu klein von sich denken sollten 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Your biggest problem in ministry and in life isn’t that you'll make a mistake, but that you'll be consumed by the fear of making a mistake.”
― Karl Vaters, The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches and the Small Thinking that Divides Us

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“A Small Church that tries to act like a big church will miss out on all the great things that only a Small Church can do. This”
― Karl Vaters, The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches and the Small Thinking that Divides Us

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“If you’re not making mistakes you’re not growing.”
― Karl Vaters, The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches and the Small Thinking that Divides Us

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