Spirituality and numbers make for uneasy companions when it comes to relative importance in the life of the church. Most people disavow a dependency on numbers as a reflection of how well a church is doing. Deep down they know better, but neither will any church turn away numbers of people if they appear at the doorsteps of the church. To say a church is accomplishing all it can as justified by head counts, is an afront to the Word. In years of participation in church, I have encountered innumerable committees, task forces, ad hoc groups and informal gatherings whose purpose was to define and...