I am continuing my series of post based off of conversations I have had lately about Mega-Churches.
*NOTE – I had trouble with the last two posts so I am reposting them*

Most of the time people are not negative about Mega-Churches but occasionally when I hear people use them like an excuse. It happens like this, I mention that our worship program needs to limit announcements and have quality sound and music. Some people respond with a statement like “Well, we are not one of those Mega-Churches.” I have heard this type of statement about Children’s ministry, leadership, giving, the worship folder and about everything else involved with the Church. When I suggest that the quality needs to be better in what we do I am met with the resistance of “we are not a Mega-Church.”

I believe that the Church should do everything to the best of its ability no matter the size of the congregation. Being a smaller Church is not an excuse to let the quality of our service slip. After all my service is to the Lord and not just to people so I should never take it lightly.

I am reminded of the story in Brother Lawrence little book “Practice the Presence of God” about him cleaning in the very corner of the kitchen behind the stove. Another monk made fun of him and asked why he was worried about a little place that no one else would ever see. Brother Lawrence responded that there would be one set of Heavenly eyes that would see everything he had done. So it had better be done to the best of his ability.

Yes, Mega-Churches do things at a higher quality level because they have more people who see the work being done. But to me that does not matter. What really matters is that God will see all we do, so we had better do our very best. That doesn’t change if the Church is 20 people or 20,000.