Church Growth: The Biblical Model We've Forgotten

Why did church growth stall? Pastor Blair Lemke starts with a grammar puzzle — a misplaced comma in Luke 23:43 ("today you will be with me in paradise") — to show how easily we misread Scripture, then applies the same care to Ephesians 4:11-16. Depending on the translation, it sounds like pastors are supposed to do all the ministry themselves. But read in context, the passage says the opposite:…