Rick Warren: The One Thing Growing Churches Have In Common
I was listening to a lengthy interview that the folks at Catalyst did with Rick Warren, and something that he said just blew me away. He said that early in his career he sent out 100 letters to the 100 fastest growing and vibrant churches in America at the time. He asked them to what they attributed their vibrancy, and he received a wide variety of responses. But the ONE THING that he said that all of those churches had in common... And the ONE THING that he said that all growing, vibrant churches have in common to this day is this: "Strong leaders that believe God." He clarified this a bit by saying that "believing God" meant that these strong leaders believed God more than they believed in their own strength, the institutional church, denominations, theology... any number of things that aren't God. These leaders, he asserted, were not afraid to trust God to lead them and were willing to put it all on the line to respond to God's call. And ...