Top Ten Quotes: Leveling the Church
I first encountered Leveling the Church: Multiplying Your Ministry by Giving It Away back in 2020, and I recently stumbled across it again. I was reminded of what an underrated leadership book it really is, and how the crucial element missing in most of our jobs is that we’re forgetting to work ourselves out of a job.
Micah Fries and Jeremy Maxfield help us navigate through the expectations of our roles: those expectations placed on us by others and – most important – the expectations we place on ourselves. It’s a call to take Ephesians 4:12 seriously, to equip the saints for the work of the ministry.
(By the way, one of my favorite selections from the book was too long for a “Top Ten Quotes” finalist. See this post for bonus material.)
Here are my top ten favorite quotes:
- Ministry is our familial responsibility as church members. Multiplication is our vocational responsibility as church leaders.
- Grabbing a broom or lending a helping hand isn’t a problem; not being willing and able to let go is.
- Jesus not only enables us all to be able to serve, but He expects us all to serve.
- [On church membership] A line is being drawn in the sand, and by stepping across it, you are making a commitment – not just to regular attendance but to regular participation.
- We aim to get people saved and to join our churches, hopefully convincing them to financially support and volunteer to serve in our churches too. Leaders, this is not the finish line. This is the starting point.
- Praise God that He knows you perfectly and chose you specifically.
- Proximity, even more than plan, determines effective development in disciple-making.
- Healthy delegation seeks a solution. Unhealthy delegation deflects a problem.
- Self-sufficiency is, at its foundation, a form of atheism, assuming that we are not in need of anything and that we can captain our own ship.
- The confident belief that the church is the bride of Jesus, and that she is worth all the effort, drives us.
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