Quotes about Empowerment

Leaders must always be looking to give away their jobs to people who can do it as well or better than they. This calls for a level of intimacy between the leader and disciple that does not last. The leader begins to disengage; the disciple now becomes a leader. The closeness remains and is no longer defined by the amount of time spent together but by the openness with one another.

aim for "low control, high accountability

The leader of an MC needs to be a disciple-maker, not merely an event-organizer.

Every disciple disciples. You can't be a disciple if you aren't willing to invest in and disciple others.

Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day, but teach a man to fish and he can eat for a lifetime. Changing the world may not be so daunting after all.

If we're going to make disciples and move out in mission, we need to go from managing boundaries to integrating family and mission into one life, a cohesive framework and fabric that empowers a culture of discipleship and mission, not just occasional events and periodic programs.

We need leaders who will step out of "managing church" and make discipling others their primary objective.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING ANY OF US SHOULD BECOME GREAT AT, IT'S MAKING DISCIPLES WHO CAN MAKE DISCIPLES.

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn't choose it and I don't want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free man -- it means "Beloved of God" -- and I insist people use it in speaking of and to me.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

God never demands anything that He does not provide for. Whatever God commands us to do, He equips us to do.