My family accounts for 12 of our 13 parishioners.
I AM SORRY.
Not about the 12 but that other folks are not aboard.
People react in different ways when I tell them that my congregation is mostly my natural family. (It almost sounds , you know, "cultish.") Though it is not by my design, I am much happier that my family wants to be part of our local body than not part of our local body. I am sure Noah wanted more people to be delivered from the flood, but I imagine he was ecstatic that his children were with him on the ark.
My congregations have not always had this composition, but the door is open and we invite folks. A local church is no less a church simply because family members are part of it. I definitely am glad that my family wants to be together for worship, study, fellowship and ministry. We want other families and individuals to be with us as we follow Jesus.
Also, this type of configuration (demographic) has been normal around the world and throughout the history of the Church, even today. After all, church should be a family affair, and what better place to start than with the pastor's family.
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