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# When churches grow best
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/200757when-churches-grow-best-html/
- Published: 2007-05-07T18:30:53.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:32:47.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

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

[Tim Keller](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%5FKeller?ref=dashhouse.com) on when churches grow best:

> We believe that, paradoxically, churches grow best not when they aim at church growth as much as when they serve the peace/*shalom* of the whole city. Saint Augustine believed that citizenship in the City of God made us the very best citizens of the human city. ([Redeemer Church Planting Manual](http://www.redeemer2.com/rstore/category.cfm?Category=23&ref=dashhouse.com))