Karl Vaters

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Author | Speaker | Podcast Host — The Church Lobby

KARL VATERS has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience. He is the author of The Church Recovery Guide, 100 Days to a Healthier Church, Small Church Essentials, and The Grasshopper Myth. Karl also hosts a biweekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry. You can learn more about Karl at www.KarlVaters.com. He and his wife, Shelley, have three children and two grandkids.

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De-sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next

In De-sizing the Church, pastor Karl Vaters takes us on a multi-faceted journey through our centuries-long obsession with size, both in and outside th...

Featured on: Thursday, May 2, 2024

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July 6, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Being Bored

I hope you enjoyed your 4th of July weekend. Perhaps you were able to relax from the frenetic pace that describes our lives. Arthur Brooks has been on my radio program many times. He recently talked a...

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July 3, 2026

Penna Dexter

Celebrate Dads

Now that the Mother’s Day-Father’s Day season is over, I think we can say that — overall — there’s a much bigger deal made of Mother’s Day than Father’s Day. Do we just appreciate mothers more? Or do...

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July 3, 2026

Kerby Anderson

The Origin of the Declaration

Tomorrow is the 4th of July, and I wanted to take a moment to talk about the origin of the ideas in the Declaration of Independence. I have also written a short booklet on A Biblical View on the Decla...

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