It has been said that the maximum size of a congregation with one minister is 150 (that is, Sunday attendance) -- and the average size 80. That is with one full-time minister. The figures raise the question as to whether one should be thinking of additional pastoral staff between 80 and 150 -- which was just the case in both of my major ministries. It also raises the question as to why the size of a congregation should be so dependent on the number of ministerial staff. OBSERVATION: A Church needs the vision for it, though, to call additional pastoral staff.
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