Volume 31 · Issue 4 · Fall 2025
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Lorenzo Small
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Lorenzo Small

Lorenzo R. Small Sr. is Lead Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Battle Creek, Michigan. A Union Presbyterian Seminary graduate, he came to ministry from the corporate world and serves on the boards of the Foundation for Reformed Theology.

Essays Published
2
First Contribution
2021
Most Recent
Dec 2024
Showing 2 essays by Lorenzo Small
20241 essay
A Firm Foundation
A Firm Foundation

A sermon on Matthew 16, where Peter recognizes Jesus as the Christ. Small preaches against the language of dying churches, hearing in Christ's promise to Peter the foundation that no…

20211 essay
Why We Exist
Why We Exist

A conference talk from Lorenzo Small on the church's reason for being. Not its programs, not its buildings, not its institutional momentum, but the underlying calling that holds every congregation…

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