Harvey Turner: Disciples Make Disciples
"If we grow in weekend numbers but we don't in other areas, we don't consider that to be a win."
"If we grow in weekend numbers but we don't in other areas, we don't consider that to be a win."
“We measure the same as anyone: nickels and noses. But everyone is trying to figure out how to measure the deeper discipleship issues.”
“Macromanage from a clear mission, vision, values and plan, and you don't have to wear yourself out micromanaging.”
"You won't ever see me or my team swooping out of some green room into the church in our super pastor capes."
"True success cannot always be seen from the outside."
Larry Osborne: "The best advice I’ve ever received was that I had nothing to prove and no one to impress."
"We do a poor job representing Christ when all we do is preach."
“Is there real, genuine community happening in life groups? Are the baptisms real conversions? You have to keep asking all those questions.”
“Bill Hybels coined a phrase years ago that is true of me: The rate at which I was doing the work of God was destroying the work of God in me."
"I made the promise that I would never run the church based on my own agenda or opinions or wants or desires, that I would simply listen to him."