Be very careful how you answer these questions. As I said, you’ll find experts who will tell you the answer is everything from how religion-free your language is to how invisible your membership requirements are. So, what do you think? Are secure nurseries and sparkling bathrooms, exciting music and look-alike congregations really the way to church growth and church health? Is that really what makes a good church? And so I began the series of sermons that has become this book—Nine Marks of a Healthy
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