Most of the people I know who are money-making-machines got started really early. Lemonade stands, car washes, lawn mowing, baseball card trading. I think the reason they are money-making-machines today is because they started early. They learned the skills of negotiation, pricing, selling, and market-reading early. They have more practice selling than most people. That’s one of the reasons they’re better at it than most people.

-- Jason Fried talking about Making money takes practice

I've been thinking a lot about growth for our church and, more specifically, how to go from an organization that is holding steady, to one that has growth as part of it's culture.

After reading this bit were Fried talks about making money as something you need to practice, I'm starting to wonder if church growth isn't similar.

Many churches and organizations that I follow seem to either have growth, or not. Rarely can I pinpoint a reason that this or that thing isn't growing.

Maybe a culture of growth, needs to be cultivated. And maybe, since we used to be a church that wasn't focused on growth, it'll take us some practice to develop that culture.