Church Growth Quotes

• A Church Growth principle is a universal truth which, when properly interpreted and applied, contributes significantly to the growth of churches and denominations. It is a truth of God which leads his church to spread his Good News, plant church after church, and increase his Body.

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  Donald McGavran

  Church Growth   Principles   News  

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• Church growth strategies are the death gurgle of a church that has lost its way.

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  Stanley Hauerwas

  Church Growth   Way   Strategy  

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• With so much effort being poured into church growth, so much press being given to the benefits of faith, and so much flexing of religious muscle in the public square, the poor in spirit have no one but Jesus to call them blessed anymore.

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  Barbara Brown Taylor

  Religious   Jesus   Blessed  

  FaceBook post by Barbara Brown Taylor from Jun 27, 2013

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• As Christians refine their methods, develop Church Growth eyes, feel church growth responsibility, communicate the Gospel, and educate those who are won until they become responsible Christians, the church as a whole will receive the abundant blessing God wants to give.

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  Donald McGavran

  Christian   Eye   Responsibility  

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• Let's pray for whole world that there be brotherhood. I hope this journey of the church we begin today is fruitful for evangelization.

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  Pope Francis

  Journey   Brotherhood   Church  

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• One would think that [persecution] would be an obstacle to church growth when joining the church meant a death sentence. And yet, the age of persecution was the greatest period of church growth in history.

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  Gene Veith

  Christian   Thinking   Church Growth  

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