Through ASP, different churches can identify and do specialized ministries, while others do another, and ultimately a good variety of needs are met. Therefore, we can abandon, use missionaries, or rely on bivocational or lay pastors in this setting. If you are lost in the country, remember that the ruts at the crossroads lead toward town. There is a reason why things are where they are in the church, and a reason why things are done the way they are done. So be really sure that it is broken before you attempt to fix it.
Preachers come and go, but the members stay put.
Do not expect them to choose up sides over you. Typically, established churches have difficulty in reaching newcomers. Roles, rituals, and rulings are already firmly established. One of the best cures for passivity is to involve five ten percent of the adults in a venture that involves them in an expression of their faith with other Christians in some other part of the world. The church is not a business.