Discipleship Quote by John Paul Warren

“If today's churches, companies and organizations want to be thriving tomorrow, they have an obligation to coach and mentor the new generation of leaders.”

— Wayde Goodall

“A very small percentage of those in the church stand behind a pulpit or sport certain kinds of identifiable clothing. The actual leadership roster…

— Dallas Willard

“Jesus did not command us to "develop" leaders. He commanded us to make "disciples". The world "develops" leaders, the Church "disciples" them. The two…

— John Paul Warren

“Effective discipleship builds the church, not the other way around. We need to understand the church as the effect of discipleship and not the…

— Mike Breen

“Not every Christian is called to major leadership in the church, but every Christian is a leader, for we all influence others. All of…

— J Oswald Sanders

“First, a unique vision must “ooze” from the leader’s life as well as the church’s leadership community. Second, this vision must create a stunningly…

— Will Mancini

“I believe that the great tragedy of the church in our time has been its failure to recognize the importance of the spiritual gift…

— Bill Hybels

“Leaders of God’s people uniquely contribute to the cultivation of a culture distinct and different from the dominant culture. For it is the role…

— J.R. Woodward

“When people love their church, its leaders can sometimes get complacent and lose touch with how essential their own transformation is to the effectiveness…

— Greg L. Hawkins

“the church is part of God’s plan for every Christian, that Christian selves are a work in progress that cannot be left to the…

— Heath White

“In a team setting, leadership is shared by a community of people, which counters the tendency for pastors to form congregations in their own…

— Adam S. McHugh

Leadership in the church is not entrusted to successful fund raisers, brilliant biblical scholars, administrative geniuses, or spellbinding preachers...but to those who have been…

— Brennan Manning