Small Church, Big Impact: Practical Help for Pastoring in a Consumer Culture - Paperback

by Debra White Smith (Author)

If you are a pastor or lay leader in a small church, navigating the consumer culture while cultivating your church and its unique strengths can be challenging. In Small Church, Big Impact, Debra White Smith, an experienced small-church pastor, has produced a resource, grounded in sound research, that effectively meets the challenges of the consumer culture while also renewing hope, building morale, and helping your small church become a viable contributor to growing the kingdom. More than just an inspiring read, this book for both pastors and lay leaders is a journey that the Lord will anoint as you develop a plan specific for your church. Go forth! Engage, imagine, and plan, and you will be amazed at what God can do in your small church! "This book provides meaningful research that will help the small church make a big difference in leading people into a saving relationship with Jesus and in seeing lives and families transformed and, ultimately, whole communities changed." Dr. Stan Reeder, Regional Director for USA/Canada, Church of the Nazarene

Author Biography

Debra White Smith, PhD, is a seasoned author, speaker, pastor, professor, and an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. With over 27 years in national ministry, Debra has simultaneously served for 14 years as a senior copastor in small churches with her husband, Rev. Daniel W. Smith. Those years in pastoral ministry plus decades of serving as a lay leader in small churches have given Debra a heart for equipping small-church pastors and lay leaders. Debra holds a PhD in educational leadership from Northwest Nazarene University. She is the author of numerous articles and over 60 books.