Character must come before success.
Character must come before talent.
Character must come before education, experience, or intellect.

Because in the church, who someone is will always matter more than what someone can do.

“Authentic community isn’t built side by side in pews. It’s built eye to eye around dinner tables”

“If we want to reach our town—our crossroads—with the gospel, we must be willing to set aside preferences. The reason young people aren’t coming, and the reason churches aren’t growing, has less to do with style and more to do with whether we have made the mission of God our priority.”