We Need Gospel Movements, Not Just Better Churches

Darryl Dash:

I pastor in Toronto, and I have my hands full just trying to stay ahead of the challenges in my own church. But no matter how well my particular church does, it will never be able to have the kind of impact that's needed on the entire city. Toronto doesn't need one or even a dozen churches to do well. It needs all kinds of churches from all kinds of movements to revitalize existing churches and to start new ones. This means we need to be working together a lot more than we would if we're focused only on our own churches or our own movements

We all need to learn from others. We're used to learning from big and successful churches in other countries. It's much more effective to learn from good churches in our own contexts. That means that I can probably learn more about effective ministry in my city from other churches in my city, and places like it. The resources I need may not be found within my own movement, but within churches that belong to other movements.

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