Perhaps it then becomes counter-productive to be evangelistic. On the other hand, evangelism must not be confused with recruitment. Return to the top of this page. How decisions are made in the small church need to be clearly thought out and owned. Discussion of the entrepreneurial model can be included here.
Questions also arise concerning the usefulness of committees and parliamentary process.
The temptation is to do most of the decision making in an informal way, and thus deny the participation of the very people who are most affected by those decisions, including newcomers. The matter of membership, as it is related to voting, needs to be dealt with. Each one should be given the privilege, but not the duty of voting. This may well be one of those areas where the culture sets the agenda for the church. Perhaps a distinction can be made between fulfilling Caesar's demand, and being faithful to God's.