Building 100 Micro Churches

[Deuteronomy 1:15 KJV] “So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.”

A micro church is a church of any number between 5 to 23.

I was very surprised when I learned that the Lord Jesus Christ and other messengers did not call the church a flock for nothing. In fact, the word “sheep of His pasture” was not used frivolously. The Lord used the word carefully.

Animal psychology and sheep behaviour indicates that when you put about 1000 sheep together, they will naturally reorganize themselves into flocks of 5 to 23 sheep. Although the basic natural family size of sheep is three, sheep feel less confident and unsafe when they’re in flocks of less than 5 in number.

Therefore, picking a cue from nature reveals that a micro church is anything between 5 to 23 sheep. The Lord understands that little flocks have a tendency to fear. Little flocks are less confident. “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” [Luke 12:32 KJV]

In building a growing micro church, there are five things that matter:

1. A positive leader: Sheep naturally follow a leader by instinct. That is why we need to rebuke leaders who falter, before all; otherwise their poor attitude would spread to other members of the flock.2. An active prayerful pulpit: Sheep follow humans who feed them. Sheep naturally want to graze in a wide area.3. A solid financial base: Established through faithful giving, shrewd management of resources, and frugal spending.4. A formidable team:We need formidable teams built out of selfless, wise, faithful, and spirit-filled people. (See Acts 6:1-10¹)5. A healthy church culture:This happens when we are able to;

• Receive and honour the messengers that God had sent to us, and their messages to us;
• Worship God in spirit and in truth;
• Fellowship with the brethren and with the spirit;
• Reach out to the lost; and
• Work hard to earn a living and a giving.

The simple steps to building a micro church as outlined in Act 14:21-24, Acts 16:9-15², Luke 14 are:

1. Be sure the Holy Ghost is leading you.
2. Find a team of 2 or 3 who are willing to go and do the work of ministry. (See Acts 13:1-5³)
3. Travel to the city where you feel led to start the micro church.
4. Tell as many people as possible about what God is doing in their city, by word of mouth, flyers, bills, sign and billboards, radio, television, social media, etc.
5. Find and prepare a meetings place.
6. When all is set, follow-up the people you have invited and reach more people to attend.
7. Arrive on time and run the meeting for growth.

These are the simple steps to start a micro church or fellowship. Remember however that it will take your all, a full commitment to get any tangible results. You must sell everything and buy it. Bless you!

I love you;

Noah Simpe Bediako

Referenced Scriptures

1. Acts 6:1-10 (KJV): And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. ↩︎
2. Acts 16:9-15 (KJV): And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. ↩︎
3. Acts 13:1-5 (KJV): Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. ↩︎