Measuring Church Growth: Statistics or Spiritual Depth?

When my family lived in Clemson, S.C., our next-door neighbor was an 85-year-old woman who was the epitome of southern gentility. Mrs. Turner had lived in Clemson for most of her life and in the South all of her life. She was old enough to have some personal memories...

Relying on Statistics Can Lead to Wrong Conclusions

A recent health-related episode sent me scurrying to my files for the account of a friend who nearly starved to death in one of the nation’s leading hospitals, because his diagnosis was based primarily on statistics. Two decades ago, the distinguished missionary...