http://midwestoutreach.org/blogs/mice-that-roar Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:51:00 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://midwestoutreach.org/blogs/mice-that-roar/comment-page-1#comment-4322 Lynn Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:32:18 +0000 http://midwestoutreach.org/blogs/?p=25#comment-4322 And the danger of what VanVonderan calls "enmeshment" in the smaller groups. The smallness of those groups you mention makes that problem worse. And the danger of what VanVonderan calls “enmeshment” in the smaller groups. The smallness of those groups you mention makes that problem worse.

]]> http://midwestoutreach.org/blogs/mice-that-roar/comment-page-1#comment-4318 Lynn Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:30:41 +0000 http://midwestoutreach.org/blogs/?p=25#comment-4318 I wonder if many people are attracted to smaller cults simply because they crave intimacy and feel alienated from family and the people at large. So often I hear people say they just want to go to "a smaller church." The "problem" with good small churches is that they tend to grow and multiply, which is a good thing, but I suspect that desire for close fellowship with a group of less than 30 or so is a common one. I wonder if many people are attracted to smaller cults simply because they crave intimacy and feel alienated from family and the people at large. So often I hear people say they just want to go to “a smaller church.” The “problem” with good small churches is that they tend to grow and multiply, which is a good thing, but I suspect that desire for close fellowship with a group of less than 30 or so is a common one.

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