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5 Top Quotes from Vance Havner (Plus FREE Quotes E-book)

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Today I'm sharing 5 top quotes from Vance Havner, a man described as "The Dean of America's Revival Preachers."

"God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume. It is Peter, weeping bitterly, who returns to greater power than ever."

"You haven’t learned how to live until you’ve learned how to die."

"Our churches are deteriorating faster than the world is deteriorating."

"We are not going to move this world by criticism of it nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it of lives ignited by the Spirit of God."

"Revival is falling in love with Jesus all over again."

In remembrance of Havner's lasting legacy, I put together a pastor’s collection of Havner’s best quotes. This e-book also includes a bonus report on Havner’s legacy.

Download it for FREE today:
https://www.churchleaderinsights.com/havner

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Vance Havner (1901 - 1986) is remembered as an inspirational revival preacher and today church leaders, authors and speakers often quote his humorous, insightful phrases to illustrate the truths of the Bible. Known for his ability to communicate the gospel in an uncommonly clear manner, Havner crisscrossed the country, preaching at revival meetings large and small. People loved to hear him. He used illustrations everyone could understand.

Over his seven decades of ministry, he also wrote close to 40 books, reaching hundreds of thousands of readers. Each book featured the same kind of simple, memorable communication as his sermons, helping people understand how to live life in Christ.

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Meet Dr. Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. By God’s grace, he identified and developed the Eight Systems of a Healthy Church® that he has used to coach over 5,000 churches in the US and around the world to adapt those eight systems to their unique ministry fields, resulting in great health and growth.

Nelson regularly coaches pastors online and in-person through the Church Leader Insights and Renegade Pastors Network ministries that he founded. He also leads several annual pastor in-person conferences and online training events. In ministry for more than 25 years, Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.”

He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 20+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry, The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests Into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church. Nelson is the recipient of the prestigious Donald A. McGavran Award for Outstanding Leadership in Great Commission Research.

He is a longtime student of church history, especially mastering the areas of evangelism and church growth. He divides his time between NYC and South Florida. He battled Stage 4 cancer and has been cancer-free since 2018, praise God! He has an amazing wife, Kelley, and a teenage son, Alexander, who continues to grow in so many ways.