The size of a church

Keith Joreski, a good friend of mine who lives in Ft Myers in Florida, called about a pastoral position open at their church. The position is for a Pastor of Dscipleship and Married Adults. The church sounds good, but it's got 7000 attenders. That's just way too many for me.

The church I'm looking for should be in the 200-300 people range. That's what I'm comfortable with. Eugene Peterson's church in Maryland, where he was a pastor for 30 years, never had over 300 people in it. He said that he didn't want to have a church so big that he couldn't know everyone's name. There's a lot of send and truth in that for me. Even though the larger church may be a great opportunity, the size is just too much for me.