Skinny_Jeans_999_Quotes

25.“The reason many churches don’t let youth ministries thrive is the senior
pastor is insecure because of the youth pastor.”
26.“We all know t-shirt bible verses.”
27.“If we made a full-length movie of the Bible it would be NC-17. We have
G-rated the Bible.”
28.“You will never have authority if you don’t know how to work under
authority.”
29.“One of the only things about ministry that gets on my nerves is people.”
30.“When you get done preaching, normal people go home. But ‘they’ find
you every Sunday.”
31.“What do I do with all these weird people? Love them.”
32.“Process is greater than Progress.”
33.“God could raise you to a level you could never raise yourself if you submit
to the process.”
34.“The church is great today because we have a Savior who was committed
to a process.”
Lee McDerment
1. “My first Sunday the church had 75 people. (today they run over 45,000)”
2. “’We can’t pay you but we’ll help you find a job.’ Pastors, that’s a great
line to use with worship leaders.”
3. “We went from 500 to 1,500 in six weeks. God blew it up. We didn’t do
anything different.”
4. “We were running 4,000 and then doubled to over 8,000 in a year.”
5. “In worship, we’re guided by I’m a child of God first. A minister to people
second. A worship leader third.”
6. “If you know who you are in Christ, you can be free from the jail that is the
stage.”
7. “You don’t have to be known by the people because you’re known by the
King of the universe.”
8. “Musical readiness is important. Spiritual readiness is more important and
the next steps you are taking.”
9. “If I’m concerned with my lead guitarist’s heart he will give me great solos
on Sunday morning.”
10.“I will be serving people all my life on this earth. I will not always be on the
stage.”
11.“The songs might be done well but the most important thing may be a
conversation I have in the lobby that Sunday.”
12.“If you value God’s people He will help you do great artwork.”
13.“The vision for our services in how we use music – Engage Outsiders and
Build Up Believers.”
14.“It’s not about us. It’s about fishing for people and feeding sheep.”
15.“The best of my time and resources as a worship leader are going to be
spent in my personal development. How much I pray and how well I know