Quotes About Impact

You have likely heard me describe the state of churches in North America. Nearly nine out of ten are either declining, or they are growing more slowly than the communities in which they are located. In simple terms, 90 percent of our churches are losing ground in their respective communities.

Religious institutions have failed to be a force in the lives of the Millennials.

I don't understand it," he said. "We would welcome them if they came. And they must know we are here. You can't miss the big white columns out front." "Perhaps," I said with trepidation, "your church might go into the community instead of expecting them to come to you." "Nah," he said with a hint of indignation. "They're not interested in us. If this church dies, it will be because of the community.

it all affects the whole. To have a simple church, leaders must ensure that everything their church does fits together to produce life change. They

One of the principles of leadership in any organization, particularly a local church, is the law of unintended consequences. It points out that any significant change in an organization will have reactions that extend well beyond the change itself.

Though I am not pleased with the responses regarding another factor in leadership development, integrity demands that I report it. Only three out of ten of those we interviewed indicated that college or seminary training positively impacted their leadership development. And four out of ten told us the influence was slight or not a factor at all.

la complejidad diluye to potential de producir un impacto».

Tus actividades deben someterse al proceso ministerial. Son herramientas que facilitan el proceso de crecimiento espiritual. Los programas deben aportar al proceso y no al reves.

As a leader, you are constantly confronting realities, communicating realities, and communicating the urgency of the moment. You may tire of the redundancy. You may think it's time to be quiet for a season. But it's not. You communicate. And then communicate. And then communicate again.

People have no desire to be a part of something that makes no difference, that expects little. And, frankly, many churches have dumbed down church membership to the point that it has no meaning at all.

Fearful leaders love to stay in the morass of insignificant details. Because the details are usually unimportant, it is difficult to make a mistake of consequence. Of course, it's impossible to do anything of consequence when your focus is on those things that really don't make a difference.

When a church ceases to have a heart and ministry for its community, it is on the path toward death. Whenever local churches are mentioned in the New Testament, they are always exhorted to be other-centered.

When a church ceases to have a heart and ministry for its community, it is on the path toward death.

The people in charge, globally, are maniacs. They are maniacs, and unless we do something about it these people are going to deprive us of a future.

A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.

The thing one reads and likes, and then forgets, is of no account. The thing that stays, and haunts one, and refuses to be forgotten, that is the sincere thing.

A glance, a word -- and joy or pain befalls.... How slight the links are in the chain that binds us to our destiny!

Shakespeare is forever coming into our affairs -- putting in his oar, so to speak -- with some pat word or sentence.

Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct historical shadows to the generation immediately following them. The spell vanishes with the voice.

Parents have a child, and in doing so they bring into the world a monster that kills everything it comes in contact with.

Books may preach when the author cannot, when the author may not, when the author dares not, yes, and which is more, when the author is not.

The lives of such are most desirable, and the deaths of such will be most lamented, who make it their business to serve their generation.

When it's over, we may feel wooed, adored, appreciated, or abused, but it will have been an affair to remember.

A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages.