"I cast you out, foul spirit of effectiveness!'

"...the word 'effective' has led many churches astray. Because our goal is that God's power and purposes be at work through our weaknesses, we can concentrate not on the results, but the means in the very gifts of God's taberbacling...

As Yoder Nefeld points out, 'this is why alternative cultural forces of truth, justice and peace are so important. When they are yielded by a community that is in Christ; then its very life is exorcistic.'

The church's call is to exorcism, not effectiveness.

Perhaps one of the most recalcitrant spirits that needs to be exorcised is that of needing to be effective."

-Marva J. Dawn, "Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God," pp132-133