Thom and Sam discuss five reasons for the amazing phenomenon of the smaller church becoming the church of choice today. Reason number four may surprise you.

1. The demographic reality: the younger the generation, the more likely they are to prefer smaller gatherings.

2. The COVID reality: people gathering for worship have come to appreciate smaller gatherings more.

3. The facility reality: more church leaders are viewing large worship facilities as wasteful.

4. The neighborhood church reality: this type of congregation is making a big rebound.

5. The Boomer reality: this generation gave us the large church gathering, and they are diminishing in number.

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