{"id":17067,"date":"2016-01-09T21:01:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T21:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=17067"},"modified":"2019-08-02T07:53:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T07:53:59","slug":"encouraging-research-for-smaller-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/encouraging-research-for-smaller-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging research for smaller churches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not only does this article report on how well some smaller churches are doing, but it also unearths some of the ways in which they have adapted to survive and thrive in a changing world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Musicademy\/posts\/10153892529359433\" data-width=\"500\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Musicademy\/posts\/10153892529359433\"><p>Encouraging article (amidst research which often reports on the decline in church attendance). Some great stories of how&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Musicademy\/\">Musicademy<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Musicademy\/posts\/10153892529359433\">Saturday, January 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Small church worship articles from our archive<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to Three truths about small church worship\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/three-truths-about-small-church-worship\/\">Three truths about small church worship<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/top-ten-signs-you-lead-a-smaller-church-worship-ministry\/\">Top 10 signs you lead a smaller church worship ministry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/dealing-with-the-challenges-of-leading-worship-in-small-churches\/\">Dealing with the challenges of leading worship in a small church<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/under-resourced-under-staffed-and-playing-songs-that-looked-dated-fifteen-years-ago-small-church-worship\/\">Under resourced, under staffed and playing songs that looked dated 15 years ago<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to The good (and bad) news about small church worship ministry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/the-good-and-bad-news-about-small-church-worship-ministry\/\">The good (and bad) news about small church worship ministry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/homegroup-worship-a-lifeless-fire-about-to-go-out\/\">Homegroup worship -a lifeless fire about to go out?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/new-split-track-video-backing-tracks\/\">No Musicians? 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