Thanks Nipsey.
I think one thing that's important.
What (I think)
@Jayrod is talking about is Christian principle to go out and spread the word and make disciples. It's often referred to as the "The Great Commission" and it's seen as instruction to Christians.
It's in the bible in the book of Matthew, chapter 28, verses 18 through 20.
I think it's an important distinction that Jesus didn't say, "Get the attendance numbers at the church as high as possible".
Now Churches can be like businesses and you can do "the numbers game" and the "sales funnel" where you attract people to the top of the funnel and hope to "sell" a % of those that become "customers" at the bottom of the funnel. Just like Footballguys does. But I'm not sure church is supposed to work like a business like that. I'm not sure "making disciples" is the same as "making sales".
There are lots of other ways to make disciples. Maybe it's a small group or maybe it's being in someone's life.
I think it's a pretty important thought to think maybe "making disciples" just "doesn't scale". That it's not a numbers game.
That's just a thought. There's no doubt the big attendance numbers can be impressive. And lots of church people talk about them. I'm just not certain that's the right angle.