Is the church supposed to be big or small? I think God wants the church to be huge. Acts 2:41-47, Ephesians 5:25-27. What do I mean by the church? The people of God working together to do amazing things. In some places the church can only grow so large, but we can be connected in so many other ways.
The church must grow and become large so it can BE the difference the world is looking for. For example, imagine if there were 1000 people in the church. Say someone had a doctor’s bill or some kind of need of $2000. For a small church, the Pastor may have to hope one or two people with means could come to the rescue. That puts a lot of pressure on that person with the means and it also can leave a bad taste in the mouth of that person who is always asked to help. But if 1000 believers got together in an area, and shared the need, then the pastor could ask everyone to give at least $2. Almost everyone can do that in America. Now the need is met, and guess what everyone got to help meet that need.

That is the essence of Acts 2:44, they had all things in common. They were truly a family.

Wouldn’t that speak to the person who had the need? Wouldn’t that speak to everyone in the church that they all could be part of the solution? Wouldn’t that speak to the world?

We all want to see the power of God move. The number of Spiritual gifts in the Bible are still the same so when more people get together, more of the gifts are automatically present and more power is present in the church. More things can happen and on a regular basis like in the early church. More things can happen to bless the believers that will motivate them to share the Gospel to everyone.

Sometimes life is hard, no most times life is hard, and people need others to help carry the load. Sometimes it is physical, sometimes it is mental, and sometimes it is spiritual. When the church is small there are people to help, but they get burnt out. When there are more people, it does not have to be the same people all the time, so then no one gets burned out. That is key because caring the load of life tires even the best of us out. Then the church can always help someone and not get tired.

There are more ways a large church can do so many things, and I hope you get the point. Can you still attend your church, of course, but what if all the true believers in every area truly got together? The early church has their house churches, but then they also got together for celebration services with the whole church present. What if that actually happened today?

Then revival would not only burn, but it would spread like wildfire. People who do not know Jesus would be amazed and want to be a part of it. They would come searching, and when they come searching, guess what… they want to know the answer. And the answer of course is a real relationship with Jesus.

I belong to Assemblies of God. I love my church, but we do not really have all things in common what if we did. And then what if churches in each local area, who believed in Jesus the way Jesus says (that is a must by the way), got together say once a month, wouldn’t that be exciting, wouldn’t that show the area love wouldn’t that inspire us that we are part of a much larger picture, and then imagine what we could then get done for Jesus. Then Imagine if that happened in every community. You can still have your church, your local flavor, because not every church is everyone’s cup of tea, because we are all different and that is wonderful and how God made us. But if we came together in real unity and had all in common, what could the church do, or better, what could the church of Jesus Christ not do?

Remember Jesus loves and cares for you, I love and care for you, and you are awesome!