Sacred & Small | Ep. 23 | Challenges & Opportunities Facing the Small Church

Missouri DS Mike Palmer joins the podcast to talk about the challenges and opportunities facing the small church from his perspective as a longtime District Superintendent.

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In the final episode of season one of the Sacred & Small podcast, Pastor Mike Palmer, District Superintendent of the Missouri District Church of the Nazarene joins the Jasons to talk all things small church.

Pastor Mike first shares the ethnography and demographics of the Missouri District Church of the Nazarene. The Missouri District is a district made up of almost entirely small churches — churches of around 200 or less in worship attendance. Pastor Mike has served the district for 19 years as DS and even longer as a pastor and evangelist. He has seen it all, and he shares from his experience about the challenges facing both small churches and small pastors and how the church can overcome them.

He also advocates for the small church and small church pastors. The small church has a great opportunity ahead of them and is capable of doing even greater things than larger churches, if the pastor and people are willing to pursue God’s mission and not get caught up in power struggles and traditions.

Join with our conversation! We would love to hear what challenges you think are facing the small church and what opportunities God is calling small churches to.