[RnMomof7]

I would expect that the church would grow when the gospel is presented .But the object should not be church growth..it should be preaching the gospel to the unsaved and the maturing and equipping of the body

There is no biblical precedent for inviting the unsaved INTO the church to be saved.

They went out and preaced then brought the converted into the church

The end result of turning from the biblical pattern is you never have a body that can chew meat cause all they get fed is milk . You get a church full of spiritual cripples that do not know the word..and that can not go out and teach and preach...

[sonrise57]

I agree with you on this.