During our church’s years of being stuck, I longed for the day when launching a new idea was as easy as striking a match, instead of getting calloused hands and a cold heart while rubbing two wet sticks together.
Thankfully we’ve been fired up for several years now, after discovering a key to sparking innovative ideas from passionate people, while disempowering the ones holding buckets of cold water. I now consider it to be one of my main roles as a church leader.
Find a way to say Yes.
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While the Church Growth Movement created larger churches and opportunities, it also created larger dangers.
“In the first twenty years of the movement, research focused on principles; lately the focus has been on discovering new techniques, programs, or methods.” (Elmer Towns)
A conversation with Eugene Peterson’s biographer on how simple pastoral presence is the healthy alternative to Christian celebrity.
