Rick Warren - Church Quotes

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A great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church.

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The church that doesn't want to grow is saying to the world, "go to hell."

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I believe that you measure the health or strength of a church by its sending capacity rather than its seating capacity.

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You must match your music to the kind of people God wants your church to reach.... The music you use 'positions' your church in your community. It defines who you are.... It will determine the kind of people you attract, the kind of people you keep, and the kind of people you lose.

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He created the church to meet your five deepest needs: a purpose to live for, people to live with, principles to live by, a profession to live out, and power to live on. There is no other place on earth where you can find all five of these benefits in one place.

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Be willing to let people leave the church. And I told you earlier the fact that people are gonna leave the church no matter what you do. But when you define the vision, you're choosing who leaves. You say, "But Rick, yes, they're the pillars of the church." Now, you know what pillars are. Pillars are people who hold things up … And in your church, you may have to have some blessed subtractions before you have any real additions.

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Absolutely nothing will revitalize a discouraged church faster than rediscovering it's purpose.

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Jesus has not promised to build your ministry; he has promised to build his church.

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When a human body is out of balance we call that disease.... Likewise, when the body of Christ becomes unbalanced, disease occurs.... Health will occur only when everything is brought back into balance. The task of church leadership is to discover and remove growth-restricting diseases and barriers so that natural, normal growth can occur.

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When we place our faith in Christ, God becomes our Father, we become his children, other believers become our brothers and sisters, and the church becomes our spiritual family. The family of God includes all believers in the past, the present, and the future.

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Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism.

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