Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century Quotes

“A large number of the smaller American churches are basically family clan churches. They’re a small group of people who commit to take care of one another. They may also be related to one another. While there’s nothing wrong with people caring about one another, they really aren’t a church in the biblical sense. These people have missed the Great Commission mandate. They’re not pursuing, evangelizing, and edifying lost people. These small clans exist exclusively for themselves. It’s all in-reach with no outreach.”
― Aubrey Malphurs, Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Guide for New Churches and Those Desiring Renewal

“But in reality, according to an article in Christianity Today, 80 percent of the churches in America that are growing are experiencing transfer growth, not conversion growth.1 They’re merely “reshuffling the Christian deck.”
― Aubrey Malphurs, Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Guide for New Churches and Those Desiring Renewal