The Importance of Culture in Churches

Jeff Smith: "I don't want to slip past that because in a lot of churches, the only people who get to baptize are the quote unquote professional clergy" He says if your scorecard and your culture keeps telling them, watch us do it and we'll do it for you, then don't ever expect them to do it. The church is a disciple making community," he adds. 'We're forming them in the ways that we think they should be formed'