More quotes from Gene Appel

Churches that don’t change die.

Churches can become over-managed and under-led over time.

At the peak of the Organizational S-curve it is critical to make a change.

89% of American Christians asked the question, “Why does the church exist?” answered, “To meet the needs of me and my family.”

Acts 2:42 Churches sometimes don’t experience Acts 2:47 results 

Attendance and giving may go up but when asking the question, “How do we measure up to the Biblical principles and purposes of the church?” they (Central Christian in Las Vegas) realized that the Kingdom was not growing because most of their growth was through transfer.

You never want to step back to look at your ministry and realize “I built a crowd, but I did not build a church.”

When we fear change sometimes we forget the eternal significance of unchanged lives.  And everything is worth the risk when we take that into account.