Brad Long > Quotes

“Since leaders do inevitably shape the culture of the church, the vital question is whether we are shaping that culture into a living expression of the reign of God or an expression of a different agenda. Many will have experienced the pain of merely human priorities that were stamped onto a church by a few powerful personalities, or will have encountered situations in which the politics of denominational leadership drove the agenda of a church’s life with little regard for Jesus’ own priorities. How much better it is when such leadership power and influence are used to enable the church humbly to seek the Lord’s agenda and to cooperate in the work of fulfilling it.”
― Brad Long, Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit: Seven Principles of Dynamic Cooperation

“If the pastor and elders are people of prayer, their example and exhortation will encourage others to pray. If they are not, the whole congregation will be infected with an atmosphere of prayerlessness, and people’s prayers will remain mostly personal and individual. I”
― Brad Long, Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit: Seven Principles of Dynamic Cooperation

“For today’s church, if mission trips and ministries of compassion are to accomplish their purpose of witnessing to Jesus Christ and advancing his kingdom, they must include occasions when the Holy Spirit is welcomed to show forth spiritual gifts and manifestations of power. Without these times, people will experience our good works but will not experience the transforming power of the gospel.”
― Brad Long, Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit: Seven Principles of Dynamic Cooperation