Smaller congregations are frequently spoken about but less often listened to on their own terms. Their leaders carry knowledge born from making decisions under constraint. Their members know how welcome, belonging, discipleship, service, change and mission are actually experienced. This project brings those perspectives together. The study includes Baptist Union churches that had 65 members or fewer during the previous five years. The denomination describes churches under 40 members as small; the wider 65-member boundary allows the research to include congregations that may have grown beyond that threshold, declined towards it or experienced a significant turning point.