Tuesday, April 21, 2009

"five to seven times easier to plant a new church"

“It’s probably five to seven times easier to plant a new church than to help an established church that’s in deep difficulty to restore its vitality. I wouldn’t discourage established churches from doing that, but it’s much more fruitful and efficient to plant new churches.”

David T. Olson
Director of the American Church Research Project (RNS)

as quoted in the April 6, 2009 Baptist Standard (http://www.baptiststandard.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9383&Itemid=9)