Wes said: A faithful church is one that preaches the Gospel, administers the Sacraments, and watches over the sheep. I don't see any texts that command us to count sheep. I think this whole idea of counting heads is man centered and part of the church growth movement which focuses on numbers.
I am in total agreement with you. But what if a church doesn't have enough people who are giving money to pay their bills? Wouldn't it be a good idea for that church to either 1) find a way to have the funds to pay their bills or 2) find a way to have more people coming and giving so that the bills could be paid? If option #2 were taken, would that be a bad thing for the church to do?
