Pursuing Diversity: The Math of the Kingdom
"You can't have a diverse church until you live a diverse life. Diversity in our churches is preceded by diversity in our living rooms."
"You can't have a diverse church until you live a diverse life. Diversity in our churches is preceded by diversity in our living rooms."
"No matter how talented a potential leader is, if he is not marked by Christlikeness, he is setting a dangerous trajectory."
"We need to see discipleship as holistic, as this will affect their ability to be healthy disciples who make healthy disciples."
"It can be a huge encouragement for a planter to know that they have other church leaders in their corner."
"I do see the very real possibility that this negative trend will bottom out and begin to move upward."
"People aren’t going to remember the facts I tell them; they’re going to remember the experiences they have."
“When local churches work together, get along and actually like each other, people start talking.”
"In the same way God blesses people who give faithfully, God blesses churches that do the same."
"Preach the gospel. Build the church. There is strength and influence in numbers."
"We currently don’t have the kind of financial-support model that our new cultural reality needs."