An Intelligent Church...

The myopic church asks, "Does God's church have a mission?" And then it spends it time on church growth projects and marketing strategies...

The real question is, "Does God's Mission have a church?" If we ask that question, we will spend ourselves in the quest to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. And we will be the size church God needs us to be...

(Thanks to Steve Chalke, Intelligent Church, Zondervan, 2006, pp.25-26)