{"product_id":"the-grasshopper-myth-big-churches-small-churches-and-the-small-thinking-that-divides-us","title":"The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches  Small Churches and the Small Thinking that Divides Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e90% of the churches in the world have less than 200 people. What if thats not a bad thing? What if smallness is an advantage God wants us to use  not a problem to fix? In The Grasshopper Myth  Karl Vaters takes on some of the unbiblical beliefs weve held about church growth  church size and Gods will for the last several decades. Then he offers a game plan for a New Small Church. The title comes from the story in Numbers 13. When the Hebrews were at the edge of the Promised Land  ten of the twelve spies come back with this \"All the people we saw there are of great size. ...We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes  and we looked the same to them.\" - Numbers 13:32-33 The grasshopper myth is the false impression that our Small Church ministry is less than what God says it is because we compare ourselves with others. The solution is for Small Churches to see themselves the way God sees them. A church of innovation  not stagnation. A church that leads instead of following. A church that thinks small  but never engages in small thinking. If big churches are the cruise ships on the church ocean  small churches can be the speedboats. They can move faster  maneuver more deftly  squeeze into tighter spaces and have a ton of fun doing it. They just have to see themselves that way. If you read this book (make that when you read it  cuz if youve come this far youre hooked  right?) youll find your presuppositions challenged  your heart encouraged and your life and ministry transformed. Lets rediscover a New Small Church.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974301118517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0988443902","price":28.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780988443907.jpg?v=1770652738","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-grasshopper-myth-big-churches-small-churches-and-the-small-thinking-that-divides-us","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}