Exponential Quotes

“If you don’t have a dream that leads you to greater dependence on God, then you need to get a bigger dream!”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“I wait for someone to tell me what to do rather than taking the initiative myself. I spend too much time talking about how things should be different. I blame the context, surroundings, or other people for my current situation. I am more concerned about being cool or accepted than doing the right thing. I seek consensus rather than casting vision for a preferable future. I am not taking any significant risks. I accept the status quo as the way it’s always been and always will be. I start protecting my reputation instead of opening myself up to opposition. I procrastinate to avoid making a tough call. I talk to others about the problem rather than taking it to the person responsible. I don’t feel like my butt is on the line for anything significant. I ask for way too many opinions before taking action.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“We first must plant the gospel in the hearts and lives of people and then see what form of ecclesia emerges from the transformed community. If we begin with the premise that we are starting a “church,” it will often come loaded with intuitional and cultural assumptions. Churches should grow out of the mission, not the other way around.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“Being Spirit led is simply hearing from God and obeying what he says. Sounds simple, right? It is, but it’s also incredibly challenging.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“Discipleship in the church today has more to do with consuming and absorbing cognitive content than it has anything to do with missional action. Being a disciple is more about an individual and his/her ability to get a passing grade on the subject matter, and less about being a follower of Jesus who lives in community with others for the sake of Christ’s mission. I’m convinced that it will take at least another generation for us to recover the meaning of the word disciple so it is heard in the way Jesus meant for it to be heard.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“Developing coaches (leaders of leaders) may be the single most overlooked yet vital task in spreading a missional movement.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“Discipleship in the church today has more to do with consuming and absorbing cognitive content than it has anything to do with missional action.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement