John Currie > Quotes

“the activities in a church that have actual resources apportioned to them (either by intention or by default) reflect its actual strategy.”
― John Currie, The Pastor as Leader: Principles and Practices for Connecting Preaching and Leadership

“In pastoral leadership, capturing and communicating vision is the practice of creating a clear and compelling picture of the future by exposing God’s kingdom purposes revealed in the Scriptures and applying them concretely to a particular people in a particular place and period, so that they are equipped to move forward into the purposes of God for the glory of God.”
― John Currie, The Pastor as Leader: Principles and Practices for Connecting Preaching and Leadership

“The instant a decision-making group chooses to allot resources to one ministry over another, or to favor one program over another, they have made a strategic (wise or otherwise) decision.”
― John Currie, The Pastor as Leader: Principles and Practices for Connecting Preaching and Leadership

“the business of the ministry “is not to perform good works, but to multiply the workers.”
― John Currie, The Pastor as Leader: Principles and Practices for Connecting Preaching and Leadership

“I have defined the mission of the church as follows: To extend the rule of God for God’s glory, by proclaiming Christ in his death and resurrection for sinners from all of Scripture, so that multitudes of disciples are made from all nations, through repentance and faith, who submit all of their life to the rule of Christ and his commands (Matt. 28:18–20; Luke 24:46–48).”
― John Currie, The Pastor as Leader: Principles and Practices for Connecting Preaching and Leadership

“for a pastor, strategy is the intentional definition of and disciplined dedication to biblical priorities in the ministry context Christ has appointed him to serve.”
― John Currie, The Pastor as Leader: Principles and Practices for Connecting Preaching and Leadership