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# Organic Church
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/200629organic-church-html/
- Published: 2006-02-09T03:31:37.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:33:48.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

*This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”*

I've been reading and enjoying [*Organic Church*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/078798129X/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com), but I haven't gone to the trouble of typing many of the memorable quotes from within the book. Fortunately [Steve @ Ponder This](http://stevemc.typepad.com/stevemc/2006/02/from%5Forganic%5Fch.html?ref=dashhouse.com) has done it for me. Here's a sample:

> Many a church continues long after the soul of the church has departed because the building itself keeps them going. A building can become an artificial life support system that keeps a church alive even though it died long ago. (37)

> In many church in the West, ministry is done for Jesus, but not by Jesus- therein lies the big difference. If we evaluated our churches not by attendance or buildings but by how recognizable Jesus is in our midst, our influence would be more far-reaching and our strategies would be far more dynamic. (54)

> Unfortunately, in most churches in the Western world the presence of the pastor is more noticeable than the presence of Jesus. (57)