--- title: "1 Early Church Quotes By Chris Lowney" description: "1 Early Church quotes by Chris Lowney. Plus more from Chris Lowney and more Early Church sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/chris-lowney-18790_all-kinds_the-church-is-like-any-large-corporation_244787.jpg" --- > [The church is like any large corporation in one respect. In its early days, either the early church or the early years of Microsoft, you see all kinds of creativity, innovation, invention, people have nothing to lose, they're trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/the-church-is-like-any-large-corporation-in-one-respect-in-its-early/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/chris-lowney-18790_all-kinds_the-church-is-like-any-large-corporation_244787.jpg) ## More by Chris Lowney > [“When Nadal told trainees that for men on a journey, the whole world would become their house, he was encouraging far more than mobility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/when-nadal-told-trainees-that-for-men-on-a-journey-the-whole-world/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [The church is like any large corporation in one respect. In its early days, either the early church or the early years of Microsoft,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/the-church-is-like-any-large-corporation-in-one-respect-in-its-early/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [“In other words, speed, innovation, and global focus happen only when lots of delegated authority sits alongside lots of centralized authority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/in-other-words-speed-innovation-and-global-focus-happen-only-when/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [“Nosotros tenemos que darnos cuenta de que a nosotros tampoco.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/nosotros-tenemos-que-darnos-cuenta-de-que-a-nosotros-tampoco/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [“that's what love-driven leaders do. They see further. They move themselves beyond what blocks our vision in order to see what a fairer, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/that-s-what-love-driven-leaders-do-they-see-further-they-move/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [“First. Love ought to manifest itself more by deeds than by words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/first-love-ought-to-manifest-itself-more-by-deeds-than-by-words/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [“Long before love is a corporate virtue that improves team performance, it is a personal leadership stance. The love-driven leader possesses the vision to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/long-before-love-is-a-corporate-virtue-that-improves-team-performance/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [We need to become a more welcoming church, one that reaches out more to those who have walked away or who aren't very interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/we-need-to-become-a-more-welcoming-church-one-that-reaches-out-more/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [“What distinguishes love-driven leaders from tyrants? "Great affection" coupled with the passion to see others "run at full speed towards perfection." Love-driven leadership is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/what-distinguishes-love-driven-leaders-from-tyrants-great-affection/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [“Un mundo implacablemente cambiante nos fuerza no solo a adaptarnos y a ser flexibles, sino a confrontar preguntas fundamentales sobre nuestra identidad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/un-mundo-implacablemente-cambiante-nos-fuerza-no-solo-a-adaptarnos-y/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [“Las organizaciones exitosas han entendido a golpes que la actitud de actuar como si nada estuviera pasando ya no les va a funcionar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/las-organizaciones-exitosas-han-entendido-a-golpes-que-la-actitud-de/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [In the corporate world you get a report card every quarter and have to talk about it, whereas the church can drip, drip through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/in-the-corporate-world-you-get-a-report-card-every-quarter-and-have/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [To me the church's problem would be a hundred times worse if you felt everyone has written the church off, they don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/to-me-the-church-s-problem-would-be-a-hundred-times-worse-if-you-felt/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [It all begins with acknowledging that we have some very profound challenges, and that we don't have easy answers at hand, things that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/it-all-begins-with-acknowledging-that-we-have-some-very-profound/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) > [“That's love-driven leadership: the vision to see each person's talent, potential, and dignity; the courage, passion, and commitment to unlock that potential; and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lowney/that-s-love-driven-leadership-the-vision-to-see-each-person-s-talent/) [Chris Lowney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lowney/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/early-church/chris-lowney/#itemlist", "name": "1 Early Church Quotes By Chris Lowney", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The church is like any large corporation in one respect. 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