After a couple months of polling, we have some results. The question for our poll was, How big is “too big” for “church”? And I am pleased with the results!

The majority of folks said that it depended on the leadership (50%) or that it depended upon the situation (33%). I wholeheartedly agree. Some people attached a number to the term “too big,” though I think it would be difficult to pin down the exact reasoning as to why those numbers are “too big.”

For me, what really matters is the nature of what “church” is. I sense that the next “hot” topic within scholarship and popular works will be on Ecclesiology. The Emerging Church Movement, House Church Movement, and many authors & pastors have brought these issues to the table and perhaps the Church will grow in this area. There are many small churches and many large churches that really don’t resemble what the Bible reveals to be “church” and it’s pretty exciting to see how this topic is gaining more attention.

Time for a new poll…