Replant: How a Dying Church Can Grow Again

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“Evangelism—declaring the saving gospel of Christ—is and should be the driving force of every Christian and the engine of church growth and church renewal.” (source)

“One of the harsh realities of declining churches is that well-intentioned people unrighteously begin to see themselves as the controllers of the church instead of servants to the church. These controllers hasten the church’s death.” (source)

“Evangelism is the catalyst for church multiplication and the renewal of the body of Christ worldwide.” (source)

“The main reason churches fail is poor leadership. Pastors and lay leaders can fail to lead the church well through their mishandling of the Scriptures, failing to take biblical truth seriously. Pastors and lay leaders can also fail to lead well through mishandling of people, failing to take conflict and cultural change seriously.” (source)

“A pattern had emerged, a valuable lesson for church leadership: give the right person the right amount of rope at just the right time, and they might, in undoing their own misguided aims, achieve good things for the people of God.” (source)