{"id":11834,"date":"2025-11-18T13:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/?p=11834"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:41:30","slug":"join-us-for-a-day-of-learning-the-small-church-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/2025\/11\/join-us-for-a-day-of-learning-the-small-church-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us for a Day of Learning…The Small Church Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Join us this March in Fayetteville, NC, for a Day of Learning with Teresa Stewart\u2026The Small Church Advantage<\/em>.

About the Day:<\/strong>
Small congregations are not big places in miniature. They work differently. They come with different resources, dynamics, and challenges. But they also come with distinctive strengths<\/em>\u2013ones that are powerfully forming and not<\/strong> generally available in big settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministry requires more than trying to replicate big-setting successes. It requires unleashing this great variety of small-setting strengths. Like reclaiming lay rather than expert leadership. Or \u201cgoing local\u201d rather than chasing after a one-size-fits-most program. Or returning to practices of participation rather than performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is not a \u201cfix\u201d for small congregations. It\u2019s a hope for all congregations led by the small ones. We need you to work differently. To become local laboratories, indigenous innovators, and good news diagnosticians for the mission of the whole Church.
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Grace doesn\u2019t get hung up on expertise, efficiency, or numbers. It chases after lone lambs, changes plans for an interrupting beggar, and works like a ridiculously tiny mustard seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the love of God, you can too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
9:30am\u20133pm ET<\/strong>
Haymount UMC (Fayetteville)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams of at least two people are required<\/strong>. You can add member names later if needed. Cost is $50 for two and $20 for each additional team member when you register together. Registration includes lunch, a book for each member, and two follow-up Zoom sessions with Teresa on March 18 and April 15, 12\u20131 pm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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