This is a two-part article that asks us to think about how we define "success" as a church. The challenge is for us to think about "deployment thinking" versus "attendance thinking". Ernie Hinojosa is pastor of a a church in San Antonio and talks about their experience of taking the church to the people versus bringing people to the church.

Transforming Church | Resources | How Do We Measure Success? Part 1

Transforming Church | Resources | How Do We Measure Success? Part 2

Does Ministry Fuel Addictive Behavior? - LeadershipJournal.net

This is an article by Sally Morganthaler that every pastor and perhaps church member should read. She does really well at drawing connections between the initial, seemingly innocent, stages and the recognizable later stages that destroy others.