Nuts and Bolts of Church Growth

These questions and many more are answered: Why is church growth desirable? Why do we want our churches to grow? What about the person who says, "The size we are now is perfect. We don't want to add any more people. We're just going to plant churches and spin new congregations off." What do you think, then, that the responsibility of the lead pastor or church planter is in regards to growth? Let me throw a couple of objections back at you that I've heard when this topic comes up. "Rich, you just don't believe in the sovereignty of God. God determines the size to which my church grows, not me. Why are you pressuring me to do something that's not my job; it's God's job." Some pastors will say, "We're doing well in that area, we need to concentrate on some other area that's not doing so well."