tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post862491780583145318..comments2023-12-24T20:48:11.634+00:00Comments on Opinionated Vicar: Do you have an Ecclesiastical Exoskeleton?David Keenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-32104461920895950962014-07-05T18:44:06.717+01:002014-07-05T18:44:06.717+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-28299466003709938022014-07-03T17:28:23.502+01:002014-07-03T17:28:23.502+01:00We're a pastoral sized church at St. Margaret&...We're a pastoral sized church at St. Margaret's, Edmonton. I know these classifications well as the Alban Institute in North America has been promoting them for years. But I think they could use some serious upgrades. I note two emerging factors, and a biblical observation:<br /><br />1. How do you calculate the numbers? Members, or average attendance? I haven't read Alice Mann's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-20663795517906699892014-07-02T18:37:56.357+01:002014-07-02T18:37:56.357+01:00Personally as an involved pew-sitter I find it har...Personally as an involved pew-sitter I find it hard to feel fully part of a church that is greater than 100 strong. After 150 I start to want church planting to occur. I'm not comfortable in programme-based churches at all - too impersonal and I get frustrated at not being able to know everyone. Also, everything starts to feel like a job rather than a family. On the other hand, too small and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18395534300762460678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-48856016479922356032014-07-01T16:53:38.286+01:002014-07-01T16:53:38.286+01:00This rings true, and is a good description of real...This rings true, and is a good description of real life! We have gone from a church with 14 older ladies to one of 35 with young families, over 5 years, which followed the Diocese' investment in creating the post I took... can we continue to grow, on a housing estate with low people turn-over, despite being in south London? I don't know, and I don't know if I will be replaced when it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com