Reflect for a moment on the following words written by the late Martin Thornton :  

   “A walloping great congregation is fine and fun, but what most

   communities really need is a couple of saints. The tragedy is

   that they may well be there in embryo, waiting to be discovered,  

   waiting for sound training, waiting to be emancipated from

   the cult of the mediocre.” 

Gordon MacDonald has been thinking through these words, and offers some insights of his own in an article titled: So Many Christian Infants.

(This article was published in Leadership Journal.)