you have, where you are.” The third basic point about the church brings us to the reason for this book in the first place: every successful church is a kingdom-focused church. Congregations flounder and pastors suffer vocational crashes because they're trying to concentrate on something (or a lot of somethings) other than the kingdom of God. The misdirected focus that cripples so many congregations isn't the result of laziness, incompetence, or malice. Church leaders and members for the most part