Second Coming Institute

Church hurt is real. Could microchurches be the cure? By L. Kaiser, Op-ed contributor Christian Post,  The last eight years or so have been rough on the Church — scandals, COVID, deconstruction, church hurt, political polarization, pastoral burnout, institutional distrust, etc. But there’s some exciting good news. There’s a movement of microchurches that is challenging the prevailing church model and bringing healing to people who would otherwise give up on church. The emphasis is small group discipleship that ministers to people individually, leadership/missional development of every member, and “minimal ecclesiology” to avoid the pitfalls of denominations. It is the antithesis of the “launch large” strategy of church planting organizations for the last few decades. It’s difficult to know how many of these microchurches exist in the USA... BraveFuture.org lists a collective of 28 networks...