Replant Quotes

“Faith, not cowardice, takes the step into unknown territory for the sake of Jesus Christ and His church. Love, not self-preserving protectiveness, sacrifices its own life that others might live. Hope of new life, not resignation to inevitable decline, yields itself up in the quest for a better future.”
― Darrin Patrick, Replant: How a Dying Church Can Grow Again

“Well-meaning members lose sight of their role as servants and become increasingly focused on controlling the very church they are called to serve. When a serving heart is replaced by a controlling heart, division is bound to ensue. And when selfish division lies unchallenged, areas of ministry and service become turfs to be defended, and brother and sisters in Christ become opponents and obstacles to individual accomplishment.”
― Darrin Patrick, Replant: How a Dying Church Can Grow Again

“replanting requires pastoral vision that can see beyond all that to recognize that history and tradition can be allies in forging a path toward revitalization. Many times these churches have a valuable gospel DNA; a theological tradition, lost, that needs to be recovered; and a history of God’s faithfulness that needs to be retold.”
― Darrin Patrick, Replant: How a Dying Church Can Grow Again

“Rather, vision casting calls for discernment here and now—discernment undergirded, guided, warned, and tested by the authoritative Word of almighty God in Holy Scripture. It asks this question: Given God’s revelation, what is required of us here and now, in this time and place, for the advancement of the gospel and the building up of the body of Christ?”
― Darrin Patrick, Replant: How a Dying Church Can Grow Again

“The Western world is in need of new churches. In some cases churches must multiply and plant new churches from scratch, while in other cases existing churches must and should be revitalized—in essence, they must be “replanted.”
― Darrin Patrick, Replant: How a Dying Church Can Grow Again