Paul in Colossians writes that everything is under Christ the Head of the Church. I am always amazed at how quickly a church will grow, when Christ is the center and whither when secondary purposes become primary. As a District Superintendent, this is more obvious when in and out of different churches all the time. The growing churches are Christ centered. The churches that are withering have lost focus. Church growth is not rocket science. Paul says it like this...
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."
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