Carl F. George

“A caregiving coach helps a church to state a goal or a mission statement that is in keeping with the commands of Christ to love God, to love one another, and to make disciples (see Matt. 22:37–40; 28:18–20). Then, having stated that goal, the ministry coach will flesh it out in terms of behaviors and programs that are appropriate to the local situation, offering to be a modeler of ministry rather than the person who does the ministry single-handedly.”
― Carl F. George, How to Break Growth Barriers: Revise Your Role, Release Your People, and Capture Overlooked Opportunities for Your Church

“Ultimately, all church mission statements have certain common threads. They contain a vertical dimension such as loving and obeying God. And they emphasize a horizontal dimension: how Christians treat those both inside and outside the church. They answer the question of why God left the church here on earth. The secret of success is not the wording but the fact that the people of the board have dug the mission statement out of the Bible for themselves, have decided to commit their church to it, and have made it theirs.”
― Carl F. George, How to Break Growth Barriers: Capturing Overlooked Opportunities for Church Growth