Those "Little Flocks"

Those “Little Flocks”

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

(Lk. 12:32)

In case some of my readers are not aware, early in my ministry I pastored two separate churches over a twenty year period. A good sized one during the so called Big Church age, followed by a smaller assembly. My wife likened the change it brought in my life to going from an assembly-line worker to a craftsman.

I’m not opposed to large churches, just as long as they are not considered superior to smaller ones; and that they didn’t cut corners to achieve their size. It is important that one realize the Pentecostal Church in Acts was not the norm. In fact it appears they broke off into small companies, (Acts 4:23;15:22). Most, if not all the churches Paul founded, were on a much smaller scale. Also, he never referred to their growth in numbers, but their growth in grace. To ask some Mega- Church pastors the latter question would bring great embarrassment.

Our Lord pastored a “Little Flock,” and He was never ashamed of that fact or apologized for it. Pastor, whether your small flock of sheep meet in a store front, the front room of your home, or a little brick building, don’t you ever let the Nicolaitan “Doctors” and “Reverends,” intimidate you. Noah only had eight in his fold, and they were all family members.

When a young preacher complained to Spurgeon he only had fifty members in his church, Spurgeon replied, “That’s fifty more than you’ll want to give account of at judgment!”

“For who hath despised the day of small things...they shall rejoice...”

(Zec. 4:10)