[Texas Tuff]

It has been my experience that the leadership of a church makes a huge difference in how effective, or ineffective a church is. I have attended small churches and large ones. The last large one I attended was awesome. They were involved in so many things in the community that helped the poor, downtrodden, etc. that it was amazing. In fact, the pastor expected everyone to get involved in some kind of community project sponsored by the church and not just sit in the pews. It was a really active, cool place to be with a lot of caring people and that attitude was reflected strongly by the leadership of the church. In one smaller church I attended it was the opposite. They spent every dime on themselves (and not just out of neccessity) and generally had a judgemental negative attitude. The pastor set the tone there and it trickled down to everyone. In summary, I think there are good, and bad churches of every size.