Tom Arthur: Denominations Are Like Multi-Site Churches

Tom Arthur, pastor of a small UMC church, is “haunted” by the foreclosure of the Crystal Cathedral. They weren’t diversified enough, he posits, and he wonders how many mega-churches are. He also wonders how his church compares to Mars Hill:

But what if I thought about comparing the West Michigan Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church to Willow Creek? Or how about just the Lansing District of the West Michigan Annual Conference? Suddenly the perspective changes. Now we’re talking about a church with fifty-two campuses in the greater Lansing area and some seriously well-trained campus pastors, and while the conference and district are in decline and losing members and attendance every year, it’s highly unlikely that they will have such a dramatic disappearing act as a megachurch like the Crystal Cathedral. We’re way too diversified for that.

via Duke Divinity Call & Response Blog | Faith & Leadership | Tom Arthur: Ego cathedral.