Core epithets

• ‘small is beautiful’
• ‘church is not something I go to’
• ‘church is something we are’
• ‘church is something we share’
• ‘when the church grew the most, there were no church buildings’
• ‘invest more into people, than into property’
• ‘homes and hospitality are key’
• ‘leadership is about enabling’
• ‘broad impact in many communities is more important than high profile in one’
• ‘active involvement of the many is preferred to intensive involvement of the few’
• ‘meeting with friends in the community is more important than meeting to plan church meetings’
• ‘almost all members live:
• only 5-10 minutes from a networked community group
• and less than 15 minutes from the central resource church’