Empire builders are concerned with numbers. Kingdom builders are concerned with showing and telling the love of Jesus, no matter what the cost. Empire builders see a person as a prospect for membership. Kingdom builders see a candidate for baptism. Empire builders look for growth opportunities.
Kingdom builders look for opportunities to spread the good news of Jesus.
Empire builders see the church as a business. Kingdom builders see the church as a baptizing community of the baptized. Antioch went on to become a great church. It was the center of foreign missions - the church that send Paul and Barnabas and Silas. Archaeologists have uncovered over twenty churches in the ruins of Antioch.