Growing A Healthy Church

I have been cleaning out some of my old Growing a Healthy Church notes and ran across this quote that I still find provocative:

The typical church is an activity trap. Having lost sight of the higher purposes for which it was originated, it now attempts to make up for this loss by an increased range of activities. -- George Odiorne

Sonlife ministries has been very helpful to me and our church. My experience as a trainer has reaped rewards in personal and pastoral ways, one of the many things I have to be thankful for.