Friday, October 28, 2005

Quotes from NO PERFECT PEOPLE ALLOWED

"The righteous man is the man that lives for the next generation" Bonhoeffer

Since 1991, the adult population in the United States has grown by fifteen percent. During the same amount of time the amount of adults who do not attend church has nearly doubled.--p.304

Most people who made a first time decision for Christ were gone from the church within 8 weeks according to George Barna's research--p.304

Only 5% of senior pastors believe they have the gift of leadership--p.305

2 comments:

rubyslipperlady said...

What do those pastors think that they have the gift of then? You don't have to be an amazing leader to be a pastor, particularly at a large church where there are multiple pastors. More helpful in smaller congreagations.

Friar Tuck said...

that is one reason why I think many of our churches are struggling. People would rather be counselors or teachers than lead.

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