OUT LOUD

“Small churches are normal — the typical church has less than 100 in attendance — and can easily reflect the kingdom of God. So, why are so many embarrassed by them? Why do pastors sometimes aspire to leave them and go on to bigger things? Too many church leaders are like the teenage girl who thinks the beautiful actress she sees every day on TV is normal. It is a skewed view of reality. Actually, what's normal, and very valuable, is small churches living on mission in their contexts, being about the business of the kingdom of God.”
Ed Setzer
The vice president for research and ministry development at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention was quoted by Baptist Press.
 
“The power of prayer is greater than the Pentagon. It is greater than the greed and corruption which can still conceive of a nuclear holocaust as survivable. It is greater than the bomb. It can bring wisdom to our knowledge, wisdom which is all that will keep us from destroying ourselves with our knowledge.”
Madeleine L’Engle
The late author of 40-plus books, including the Newberry Award-winning children’s classic, A Wrinkle in Time