He loves all His churches, of course, but not because they are small. He gave the same assignment to all churches. Although the growth rate may vary from circumstance to circumstance, each church has the primary task of being the people of God in a community, maturing believers and bringing unbelievers to life in Christ. When a church truns inward and concerns itself only with things that matter to the membership, it stops growing and forsakes its biblical purpose. Too often, the small, warm, and friendly church is, in fact, a rebellious church.
Members convince themselves that there is nothing wrong with being small.
This thinking limits community vision and ministry. They loose the sense of God's purpose for the church. And smallness is almost worshipped. A family church finds it difficult to include new members. To grow would destroy the intimacy.