Great Tim Keller quote from the CT article:
It should give some comfort to church planters plagued by church-growth-ecclesiastical-porn:
“The difference between a solid church and a terrible church is pretty much up to you,” he tells one group. “The difference between a solid church and incredible success has almost nothing to do with you at all. It’s like you are out there paddling on your surfboard, and suddenly the wave comes and you ride in, standing up like you’re a Greek god. That has everything to do with the wave.”
Leadingchurch.com 
My response to a comment via e-mail
I think it’s true. I think part of the oversold church-growth movement was seeding the expectation that “if you everything right” you’ll be a “lottery winner”. Reality is more complex than that and there is more going on in every big wave celebrated from afar.
On Voices it was noted that Mark Driscoll spoke at Crystal Cathedral yesterday. Imagine that, urbane, smooth, non-confrontational, positive thinking Schuller inviting the hyper-Reformed cussing pastor to his glass palace. One of the Voicers went for a visit and noted that Schuller’s palace is looking a bit unkempt these days. The crowd wasn’t very large. The bathrooms had empty towel containers, the carpets were worn, and the building itself looked like it needed some TLC from a giant bottle of Windex.
Our culture of value determined by popularity and media coverage isn’t a good indicator of lasting value and importance. I think Keller’s quote should give some encouragement to all the church planters out there doing solid work who will never be recognized by Christianity Today or Time magazine.