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Out of Context: Mark Batterson

Leadership Journal March 16, 2007

“Maybe the central task of a worship leader is to keep worship from becoming routine? Maybe the central task of a teaching pastor is to keep the Bible from becoming routine? Maybe the central task of a lead pastor is to keep church from becoming routine?”

–Mark Batterson is pastor of National Community Church in Washington D.C. Taken from “Preaching with Half a Brain” in the Winter 2007 issue of Leadership journal. To see the quote IN context, you’ll need to see the print version of Leadership. To subscribe, click on the cover of Leadership on this page.

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