"Something that has been incredibly important to Felicity and I over the years. The first church we started was at Bart's hospital back, you know in the early 70's. And One of the principles the Holy Spirit taught us then was that we are never to build enough structure into something that it can survive without the Holy Spirit. That's remained a guiding principle for us. We don't want to build something that can still survive with or without God."
(Tony Dale Felicity Dale. Nomad Podcast Interview)
"We had to learn that success in Gods ideas is not measured by what we do, but it's measured, really, by how much like Jesus we become." (Tony Dale)
"We had to learn that it's just as good to be abased as to abound. Both are part of the pathway. God's free to do what he wants. The pot doesn't say to the potter, "You are not allowed to do this". (Tony Dale)
"Simple church is no panacea for all ills. And certainly in the states where huge numbers are moving into simple organic type structures. One of the challenges is they are are bringing a lot of their preconceived ideas about church with them, and we see a lot of what we describe a lot as, "Honey, I shrunk the church." And, I think we work with the light we have. It's not that people are doing something wrong. But their perhaps not realizing they are just bringing a whole lot of baggage with them that just doesn't apply in smaller settings, more informal settings where we are really trying to live church to be church, rather than to "Do church"." (Tony Dale).
Quotes from Nomad Podcast Podcast #37: Tony and Felicity Dale and Simplifying the church
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