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"While only the Word is efficacious, the methods we use to
minister to people with that Word may vary in their effectiveness."
Lawrence Otto Olson, D. Min.,
Fuller Seminary, "See How It Grows: Perspectives on Growth and the
Church," EVANGELISM, February, 1991, Parish Consultant for the WELS Board
of Parish Services and his district's Coordinator of Evangelism. p. 2.
"We cannot add anything to the Word, but we may be able to
remove the human barriers which might be in the way of the Word."
Lawrence Otto Olson, D. Min.,
Fuller Seminary, "See How It Grows: Perspectives on Growth and the
Church," EVANGELISM, February, 1991, Parish Consultant for the WELS Board
of Parish Services and his district's Coordinator of Evangelism. p. 3.
"We can't do a thing to make his Word more effective. But
surely we can detract from its effectiveness by careless errors and poor
judgment. It just makes good sense to utilize all of our God-given talents, to
scour the field for appropriate ideas, concepts, and material (sic), to
implement programs, methods, and techniques so that we do not detract from the
effectiveness of the gospel we proclaim. Church growth articles, books,
seminars, and conferences can offer such ideas and programs."
Pastor James Huebner, Spiritual
Renewal Consultant, Notebook, School of Outreach IV, Seventeen Ways to Keep
Your Church from Growing, p. 178.