Quotes from Aubrey Malphurs

Our worldview dictates what we think and believe is true. We hold our beliefs at two levels. One is our operating beliefs. They are the beliefs that we act on. These beliefs affect and influence our values and overall behavior. Our theoretical beliefs are the beliefs that we hold at a theoretical level. They may or may not affect our lives. A church's doctrinal statement or creed would be one example of a theoretical belief.

I believe it was Peter Wagner who said a church that attempts to reach everyone in general will likely reach no one in particular.

Today's churches must realize that Jesus, his disciples, and the early church didn't have any problem attracting men. They developed a culture that included such characteristics as challenge (Matt. 4:18–19), commitment (v. 20), conviction (Acts 20:22–24), and risk (Acts 4:29), as well as a number of other qualities that likely attracted men.

Does this mean that these people are upset with or even angry at the institution of the church? Not necessarily. When asked why they no longer attend church, many unchurched felt that it simply wasn't that important, while 34 percent said they were just too busy.5 And many others are looking elsewhere for answers to their questions about spiritual matters because they believe the church is answering questions that most of them aren't asking.

Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.

a large number of the Busters and Mosaics have rarely attended church, if at all. Their question for the established church is, Why should I attend your church when there are so many other things that I could be doing?

The mission of the church, according to Matthew 28:19–20, is to make disciples, and that includes evangelism as well as other functions.

Where Churches Are at Fault • Churches are too slow to change their methods. • Churches have failed to take advantage of their opportunities. • Churches don't value evangelism. • Churches aren't recruiting gifted leaders.

But in reality, according to an article in Christianity Today, 80 percent of the churches in America that are growing are experiencing transfer growth, not conversion growth.1 They're merely "reshuffling the Christian deck.

If a person finds that he doesn't know himself very well, often he can rely on the help of another person who has known him and has been able to observe him over several years.

At the end of our lives, we'll discover that the best legacy we can leave our family and friends is our passion for the Savior.

My experience has been that wives know their husbands better than husbands know themselves.

You may believe you have the gift of teaching, but until you attempt to teach, you really won't know for sure. Therefore

I'm interested in planting church-planting churches.

Good assessment is built on what I refer to as the 3Ds. The first D stands for design or divine design. The second D is for direction or divine direction, and the third for development. I believe this is the proper order and approach to determine what God would have us do in terms of ministry.

First, the potential church planter must discover his divine design,

After a person has discovered his divine design, it will lead to God's direction for his life.

if God has given us certain gifts, we are to use them for his service and glory.

When a person knows the direction he is to go in, the next step is to pursue the third D, development. He must determine how he will develop his gifts.

a spiritual gift as a unique, God-given ability for service.

Coaching is helping people discover what they could not discover on their own, so they can become what they want to become.