What are the issues that senior pastors of smaller churches face - personally and to do with church culture, mission and identity.

What are the joys and tensions? What is ministry success? 

What are the common pastoral frustrations? 

How is long term ministry fruitfulness helped or hindered by our ecclesiology? 

The reality is that most churches are small churches… they are under 175 members. 

What are the particular issues that come up in the middle years of incumbencies? (years four to nine)

Stephen Anderson is pastor of Oatley West Anglican Church in the South of Sydney.

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