Bill Hybels said this to a group of church leaders:
"If you went to the airport, and there were no airplanes landing, and there were no airplanes taking off, you'd say, 'There's a problem!' If you went to the train station, and there were no trains coming and no trains leaving, you'd say, 'There's a problem!'
So why is it that we can be a part of churches that go on year after year with almost no truly unchurched people coming to faith in Christ and with very few people really becoming more Christlike, and yet think there's no problem. Friends, if that describes your church, 'There's a problem!'"
By it's very nature and purpose, the church ought to be a contagious place that is spreading the Christian faith to more and more outsiders. In fact, there ought to be an epidemic of people trusting in Christ. Why isn't this happening?
