George Barna Quotes

#1. Evangelism that starts at the nonbeliever's point of felt need and ties the gospel into that area of need has the greatest capacity for capturing the mind and heart of the non-Christian.

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#2. Leadership is the process of motivating, mobilizing, resourcing, and directing people to passionately and strategically pursue a vision from God that a group jointly embraces.

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#3. Leadership is the art of serving God by helping His people become more like His Son through the indefatigable pursuit of His vision and values.

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#4. Nearly 60% of Americans who regularly attend Christian church say there is no such thing as the Holy Spirit - they say the Holy Spirit is just a symbol of God's power or presence or purity.

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#5. The absolute goal of vision for ministry is to glorify God.

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#6. God can, has and will use anybody who is open to serving Him to convey the gospel. He will bless the efforts of His servants whether they are gifted as evangelizers or not.

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#7. When we're always connected, we allow others-colleagu es and celebrities, close friends and distant acquaintances, bloggers and news aggregators-set our life's agenda. Our ability to prioritize is paralyzed by the sheer volume of requests, demands, opportunities, and information.

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#8. True visionaries are never lukewarm.

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#9. Our studies consistently show a large majority of people leave their church's service without feeling as though they have connected with God. If those who regularly attend depart with such disappointment and confusion, what must it be like for those who are new to the church adventure?

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#10. The visionary who is serving God ceases to live for personal ambitions, but rather for God's ambitions.

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#11. We cannot be effective if we continue to cling to the old ways, the old strategies, the old assumptions.

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#12. If you want to have a lasting influence upon the world, you must invest in people's lives; and if you want to maximize that investment, then you must invest in those people while they are young.

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#13. Increasingly, America is biblically illiterate.

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#14. Today's churchless adults are not remarkably less favorable toward churches in their community; if anything, there is simply a growing "yawn,

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#15. The average Christian leaves planet earth never having led anyone to Christ.

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#16. It is not a church's job to spiritually develop your children. Scripturally, it is the job of the parents. The church body is supposed to support parents in raising children, not replace them.

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#17. Jesus didn't die so we could fill auditoriums, he died so that lives could be transformed.

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