Church Quotes by Andy Stanley

The Church is a family expecting guests.

— Andy Stanley

We always have more ideas than we can fund.

— Andy Stanley

Blame is a change-avoidance strategy.

— Andy Stanley

Resources follow vision.

— Andy Stanley

Leaders fix things that are broken.

— Andy Stanley

Leaders love progress.

— Andy Stanley

We want time in with our kids not time out.

— Andy Stanley

Who are you and what breaks your heart?

— Andy Stanley

The more you expect from a volunteer the more you get.

— Andy Stanley

Every local church has a leader but it seems so few local churches are being led.

— Andy Stanley

When you harness your leadership skill to your broken heart change happens.

— Andy Stanley

Preacher's kids need another consistent voice in their lives over the years.

— Andy Stanley

Two primary ways to keep volunteers motivated - Food and T-shirts.

— Andy Stanley

If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.

— Andy Stanley

This is why we give up on things that break our heart because it requires change.

— Andy Stanley

The church must capture and keep the minds and hearts of students.

— Andy Stanley

When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the…

— Andy Stanley

Fixing things requires change and change always creates conflict. But that is why you are a leader.

— Andy Stanley

What breaks my heart is in the United States hundreds of thousands wake up on a Sunday and church never crosses their…

— Andy Stanley

If a leader goes with their gut, it should be after listening first to people they trust.

— Andy Stanley

Something I've noticed. Church planters don't pray for revival. They pray for opportunity, favor with the unchurched and leaders.

— Andy Stanley

Every story of change there is always someone who didn't have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.

— Andy Stanley

The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.

— Andy Stanley

Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.

— Andy Stanley

People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even…

— Andy Stanley

I want people to help me reanchor the church to undeniable, mind-boggling, culture-shifting demonstration of compassion and generosity. Because, generosity was the…

— Andy Stanley

The church wasn't an organization in the first century. They weren't writing checks or buying property. The church has matured and developed…

— Andy Stanley

As a leader it is your job to protect the missional integrity of the Jesus gathering to which you have been called.…

— Andy Stanley

God uses broken-hearted leaders.

— Andy Stanley

No one ever has the resources they need.

— Andy Stanley

Progress requires change.

— Andy Stanley

If you are a local church or non-profit, you live and die with volunteers.

— Andy Stanley

T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you."

— Andy Stanley

We ask our volunteers, "Do you work here?" They say, "Not yet."

— Andy Stanley

Many years from now, what would you like people to line up and thank you for?

— Andy Stanley

In a volunteer organization there has to be time for community.

— Andy Stanley

If you want to know if I'm a Godly man, follow me home.

— Andy Stanley

There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.

— Andy Stanley

Why create churches for 50-year-olds and let culture have the students?

— Andy Stanley

My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one.

— Andy Stanley