Quotes by Stephen Anderson
Stephen Anderson — Berater für kirchliche Bauprojekte und Fachbuchautor · Baptistisch · USA
Stephen Anderson war ein US-amerikanischer Bauberater und Fachbuchautor aus North Carolina, der freikirchliche und baptistische Gemeinden bei Bau- und Finanzierungsprojekten begleitete. Bekannt wurde er durch praxisnahe Leitfäden wie „Preparing to Build“ und die Überzeugung, dass Kirchengebäude funktionale Werkzeuge für den Dienst sein müssen statt Denkmäler für Leiter. Für Bibelleser steht er für eine nüchterne, biblisch begründete Haushalterschaft, die organisatorische Vorhaben konsequent dem geistlichen Auftrag unterordnet.
Era: Today
Recurring topics: Work & Vocation, Church & Congregation, Wisdom & Understanding, Humility & Pride, Patience & Waiting, Guidance & God's Will
Quotes by Stephen Anderson
Solomon was wise enough to know wisdom alone was no substitute for experience, so he sought a skilled man to help direct his building program, and God provided Huram (2 Chron. 2:6-7).
Stephen Anderson
The Scriptures say God gives grace to the humble and resists the proud. Some of the best building committee members are people of quiet strength and humble spirit. While you may have people on the building committee that are large contributors, on staff, or a person of prominence, they should not be there because of those reasons, but because of their other qualifications.
Stephen Anderson
Effectiveness is doing the right thing. Efficiency is just doing the right thing. Excellence is doing the right thing at the right time, and doing it well.
Stephen Anderson
Pastors should not be any more involved in the building program than they feel they must be. God called pastors to teach and preach, not be builders. The pastor needs to look after the spiritual side of building the house, not the bricks and sticks.
Stephen Anderson
Change can be difficult! There is a natural resistance to change, but sometimes we (the church) struggle a little too much with change, making it harder than it needs to be. After all, things have changed a lot in the last 2,000 years and they will continue to do so until the return of Christ. Some of the most effective words that hinder a church from moving forward are “we’ve never done it that way before.”
Stephen Anderson
From concept to completion, your church will not undertake a more demanding and complicated task in terms of money, risk, and effort than it will in a building program. The proof of this can be found in the number of pastors who leave churches during or shortly after a building program.
Stephen Anderson
Vision can sometimes be a terrible burden. God may give a vision without the context of the time it will take to become the vision. Sometimes church leaders feel that because they have a vision, it must happen quickly. I am reminded of Joseph and the vision he had from God. I wonder how often Joseph sat in that jail cell expecting to be delivered at any moment, when it was going to be over 13 years until he was free and God’s vision began to manifest itself. What a long time and much preparation between vision and the working out of the vision! Wisdom would dictate that we prepare to do what we can when we can, and then wait on the Lord and His timing to bring the vision to fruition.
Stephen Anderson
Pastors and leaders must not fall into the trap of becoming unduly involved in the building process. The primary role of church leadership should be spiritual development, not construction. Don’t get sucked into the black hole of day-to-day building oversight at the cost of the spiritual health of the church.
Stephen Anderson
Sources: churchbizonline.com, abundantgiving.com, preparingtobuild.com, gracequotes.org
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