Small churches take seriously God's commandment that we love one another. Finally, unlike the large church, small churches extend their area of influence beyond their members. This can readily be seen in the addition of a friends list to our members list. This is common in small churches and rare in large churches. Large churches do not minister to everyone on their roles.
Small churches minister well beyond their roles.
Another example is the number of non-members on the prayer list. There are some unique characteristics the small church. Dudley stated that emotion is more important than reason in the small church. That doesn't mean we are unreasonable. It means that every decision is made in the context of how everyone is doing and in the context of the story of the congregation.