If your ministry is about helping people reach their full potential, I have a favor to ask.
Leave me alone. Please. I’m not interested.
I’ve chosen to be a follower of Jesus. A disciple. Something I do imperfectly on my best days. But from the moment I chose do that, even poorly, I gave up ownership of my life.
I don’t want my best. I want God’s best. Because his ideas are different than mine. And his best is better.
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Pastors may be surrounded by people, but that doesn’t mean they have their support. It takes a church for a pastor to rest well.
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)
