Small churches have unique gifts. They are primary caring groups where values are formed. It is significant that large churches are finding that in order to minister effectively to their congregations, they must divide their membership into small care groups. In other words, large churches are trying to survive by copying the very thing that small churches do best. That is being a small group of loving caring people.
Small churches are intimate.
Everyone wants to know everything about everyone else, not in the sense of gossip, but out of genuine concern. 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.