"For all of its foibles—-lousy preaching, political infighting, self-centered focus, stagnation, a gaggle of special interest groups—-the pokey local church...is still the most fertile environment for spiritual development. In fact, there can be no genuine spiritual progress without a long-term attachment to a pokey local church."
(Source: Dave Goetz, "Suburban Spirituality," Christianity Today (July 2003), p. 33)