Underground Church Quotes

“The UNDERGROUND knew we had to build something that affirmed that every Christian in every context is being called by God to proclaim the coming of his kingdom. Our work, then, should be to help people listen to and obey that call. For those who have already heard it, our job is to give them permission to pursue their call with abandon.”
― Brian Sanders, Underground Church: A Living Example of the Church in Its Most Potent Form

“I am arguing that the best way to love and lead our people is not to call them to our vision, but to call them to the values of the kingdom and release them to see a vision for how that looks in their own life.”
― Brian Sanders, Underground Church: A Living Example of the Church in Its Most Potent Form

“It is like the indictment of the prophets: I hate your solemn assemblies, because you neglect the poor.5 If we really believe Scripture, then we have to face the very real possibility that our experience of church, where the majority of people have neglected the poor and have refused to make disciples, might mean the withdrawing of the tangible presence of God from our gatherings.”
― Brian Sanders, Underground Church: A Living Example of the Church in Its Most Potent Form