"Church growth writers understand the importance of leadership longevity," Rainer explains, and "…pastoral tenure is one of the highest correlative factors in growing churches." But as to church government, in Jack Deere's book Surprised by the Power of the Spirit, he asserts that the Book of Acts is…crucial in determining what we believe about church government" (Deere, 2010)
H. Halley writes one of the first missions of the church was to be a "witness-bearing institution to Christ" (Halley 767) rather than an authoritative organization pushing Jesus on the world