Quotes about Community

How we treat, talk about, respond to, and care for one another is the identifying mark of a genuine Jesus follower. Not what we believe.

It's a shame that so many churches are married to a designed-by-Christians-for-Christians-only culture. A culture in which they talk about the Great Commission, sing about the Great Commission, but refuse to reorganize their churches around the Great Commission.

As followers of Jesus, we should be known as people who like people who are nothing like us.

As my wife's mother told her growing up, "If you go to the right places, chances are you will meet the right people.

When our faith is down for the count, we need people who will speak truth to us, friends who will remind us of God's past faithfulness. We need people who will draw our attention outside of the realm of our immediate circumstances, people to put our circumstances in their proper context.

We almost always involve unbelievers in our small groups. And we give them opportunities to lead the discussion.

They have adjusted their style in order to worship with their kids. Shouldn't we be willing to adjust ours to reach their kids?

If God has birthed a vision in you, he is in the process of developing a similar vision in the hearts of others around you.

Don't be so concerned about keeping the folks you've got, that you neglect the folks you're trying to reach.

Political and ideological alignment is not a prerequisite for carrying one another's burdens. I can love you the way Jesus loved me regardless of who you voted for.

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.

Whenever a Gujarati or Sikh businessman comes to a Republican event, it begins with an appeal to Jesus Christ. While the Democrats are really good at making the outsider feel at home, the Republicans make little or no effort.