The One Thing Episode 184 – Church Growth Barriers

When considering church growth barriers, is it better to talk about Dunbar’s number or Dunbar’s effect?

  • November 19, 2023

When considering church growth barriers, is it better to talk about Dunbar’s number or Dunbar’s effect? Anthropologist Robert Dunbar identified 150 as the number of relationships in which an individual knows who each person is and how each person relates to every other person. In this episode of The One Thing podcast, Craig Tucker goes deep into the interpersonal dynamics of breaking church growth barriers.

Author: Craig Tucker, Derek Hanna

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