Success Quote by Kevin G. Ford

A church is not a Fortune 500 company. It's not simply another nonprofit organization, nor is it a social club. In fact, a healthy…

— Mark Dever

If the church is going to make a difference, it will need to go through the "big give-up" stage. Churches will need to quit…

— John C. Maxwell

“Ultimately, each church will be evaluated by only one thing—its disciples. Your church is only as good as her disciples. It does not matter…

— J.R. Woodward

A healthy church is not a church that's perfect and without sin. It has not figured everything out. Rather, it's a church that continually…

— Mark Dever

The business of church is ultimately people. You're trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all…

— Henry Cloud

A good church is a Bible-centered church. Nothing is as important as this--not a large congregation, a witty pastor, or tangible experiences of the…

— Alistair Begg

Churches are healthier and stronger if they assume responsibility both for financing their own programs and for stimulating their members to accept that responsibility.

— John M Swomley

When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes…

— Erwin McManus

The church that is man-managed instead of God-governed is doomed to failure. A ministry that is college-trained but not Spirit-filled works no miracles.

— Leonard Ravenhill

It is simultaneously the blessing and the curse of the reflective Christian that believers are called to live out their faith in the church.…

— Daniel Taylor

“Churches with high expectations not only reach the unchurched but retain them as well.”

— Thom S. Rainer

I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps well-liked that it nearly mirrors…

— Michael Horton