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# The church that lives for itself
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/200631the-church-that-lives-for-itself-html/
- Published: 2006-03-01T00:37:01.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:33:46.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

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

> "God's church exists not for itself but for the benefit of those who are not yet members…\[and\] the church which lives for itself will be sure to die by itself." (Michael Green, *[Adventure of Faith](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=dashhouse-20%26link%5Fcode=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=000710541X%2526tag=dashhouse-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/000710541X%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002&ref=dashhouse.com)*)