Elementary Principles

"[C]ongregations and their leaders today are perilously close to losing the elementary principles of faith that motivate qualitative and quantitative church growth. I am thinking of [1] regular and thorough meditation on the promises of God, [2] ongoing repentance based on the intense study of Scripture, [3] continual personal and corporate prayer, [4] daring gospel communication and discipling, [5] mobilizing every member's gifts for Christ's mission to the world, and [6] each congregation working to plant daughter churches."

- C. John Miller, Outgrowing the Ingrown Church, p. 19

I am recommitting myself this week to starting with the first two. I urge the rest of you to consider what God might be saying to you through Miller's words.